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BarTender Changelog

What's new in BarTender 2022 R7

Sep 28, 2023
  • Notable Updates:
  • Updated BarTender to support .NET 6.
  • Note, the BarTender installer only installs the required .NET 6 dependencies. If there are any existing .NET 5 (or older) components installed on a system from previous installations, they will have to be manually uninstalled if desired. The BarTender installer will not automatically uninstall any previous .NET Core components and update them to .NET 6. This is because in some rare cases, users may have other applications that use and rely on older .NET components.
  • Updated help documentation
  • Updated help documentation translations
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed an issue where the Design Guide Image tab in BarTender Designer had a graphical glitch and overlapping text when running BarTender in German

New in BarTender 11.0.1.3045 (Nov 20, 2015)

  • New:
  • BarTender Integration Builder:
  • The new BarTender Integration Builder replaces the Commander companion application, enabling you to seamlessly integrate BarTender's printing capabilities with virtually any enterprise business operation:
  • Initiate printing automatically at trigger events, such as a web request or when an email arrives, a file is saved or a database record is added or modified.
  • Connect to and communicate with clients via TCP/IP, UDP or HTTP.
  • Perform basic file operations, such as move, rename, delete or copy.
  • Integrate directly with ERP systems with built-in support for SAP, Oracle or IBM WebSphere.
  • BarTender Print Portal:
  • The all-new BarTender Print Portal replaces the Web Print Server to provide a browser-based interface for selecting and printing BarTender documents. Print Portal features an intuitive interface, support for all modern browsers, support for tablets and smart phones, the ability to print via the cloud, and more.
  • Visual Basic Script Editor:
  • The new Script Editor enables you to easily navigate between different scripts in your document; access supported code snippets to help you when writing your own code; access application-specific VB Script objects, properties and functions; and more.
  • BarTender Administration Console:
  • The new BarTender Administration Console includes the features of the previous Security Center, enabling administrators to not only control security but also manage integrations, monitor Bartender-related services and administer the BarTender System Database from the same application.
  • 64-bit version:
  • All editions of BarTender 2016 are now available as 64-bit and 32-bit applications.
  • Improved:
  • Data Entry Forms:
  • BarTender 2016 brings significant and powerful improvements to the creation and use of data entry forms. Now you can include data entry prompts, query prompts and record selectors on the same form, allowing a user to enter information, query the database and filter database records from the same location. Design multiple forms for a single template, place multiple prompts on the same form, use multiple forms in the same document, and leverage new data entry controls. In addition, new Record Picker controls allow you to display and choose which records to print directly from your form.
  • Database Connectivity:
  • BarTender 2016 introduces improved database support using ADO.NET drivers to natively connect to your database. The updated Database Setup dialog is more intuitive and allows for many more database options.
  • More Support for RFID Encoding:
  • BarTender 2016 greatly expands its support for RFID encoding, including added support for EPC URI syntax and the ability to specify RFID security settings per document.

New in BarTender 10.1 SR3 Build 2954 (Apr 16, 2014)

  • Improved integration with the Epson TM-C3400/TM-C3500 and a number of bug fixes for BarTender and some companion applications

New in BarTender 10.1 SR2 (Apr 16, 2014)

  • An improved sample label for GHS and an updated technical white paper
  • An improved sample label for PTI including voice pick data
  • Fixed installer compatibility issue with Windows 8.1
  • Fixed an installation issue that prevented some DirectShow video capture devices from being listed
  • Improved print performance compared to BarTender 10.1 SR1
  • Improved print quality of Word Processor objects when printed to monochrome printers
  • Several improvements to "Snap to Object or Ruler" feature, including better handling of margin and spacing when designing data entry forms
  • A number of other bug fixes

New in BarTender 10.1 SR1 (Apr 16, 2014)

  • Documents created in previous versions could lose the link between data entry controls and named data sources when loaded in version 10.1.
  • Commas did not work properly as decimal separators in the Page Setup dialog.

New in BarTender 10.1 (Apr 16, 2014)

  • New "Layers" Capability for Superior Design Flexibility:
  • You can hide or print layers based on specific conditions. You can add mandatory content to a layer and then lock it with a password so it cannot be changed by other designers. And you can use layers to print content to specific panels of security cards, including monochrome black, UV fluorescing, and overlay panels.
  • Comprehensive Barcode Support:
  • 34 more symbologies (95 total), including iQR, GS1 QR and many additional 2D, circular and linear codes, plus more health care and postal symbologies.
  • Enhanced Serialization:
  • Improved serialization flexibility, including serialization per-page or per-job, or when a data source or database field changes. It can also now reset counters for each database record, or when a data source or database field changes, or when the time or date changes.
  • New Global Data Fields:
  • Global data fields can share data sources among all documents that use the same BarTender system database.
  • New Custom Page Templates:
  • When you print multiple pages of labels, BarTender can now print data outside the labels, such as printing "Page 3: Labels 21-30" in the header or footer.
  • New Conditional Printing:
  • Your designs can support more complex conditions. Tell templates, layers and even objects "when to print" based on a single data source or database field, or on multiple conditions, without scripting.
  • Redesigned Print Station and Web Print Server:
  • Print Station can now show documents from multiple file locations. Web Print Server now looks and feels like BarTender’s print wizard. Both applications now support Print Preview, plus the ability to use documents from Librarian.
  • Improved Usability and Design:
  • Align objects easily by snapping them to other objects
  • Copy style and barcode properties from one object to another with the new Format Painter
  • Connect lines together
  • Hover your cursor to see which object would be selected if you clicked
  • Edit pictures after they have been embedded in a document
  • Apply image processing effects such as cropping permanently
  • Center objects in rectangular regions
  • Show the names of data sources and database fields on objects that use them
  • Enter on-screen edit mode for text objects with a single click, so you can replace the text more quickly
  • Enter dates more easily with the new calendar/date picker
  • Additional New Features:
  • Enhanced Select Barcode browser, including search and alternative names
  • Better support for print-and-apply engines, including the ability to print an unlimited quantity until cancelled
  • Encoding of pictures and other binary data into barcodes, RFID tags and smart cards for security applications
  • Creation of named data sources without a specific object — creating a “variable” that can be copied between documents

New in BarTender 10.0 (Apr 16, 2014)

  • Card Printing and Encoding:
  • Design, print and encode ID cards, employee security badges, membership cards and just about any other plastic card. Even encode smart cards and magnetic stripes.
  • Brand New Properties Dialog:
  • The Properties dialog (previously called Modify) is much faster and easier to use, including:
  • Instant changes without having to click OK
  • Quicker access to object properties
  • New "Transforms" pane makes it easier to modify imported data
  • New Data Source wizards
  • The navigation pane on the left of the new Properties dialog makes it quick and easy to find the options you want to customize.
  • New "Select Barcode" Browser:
  • Quickly preview more than 400 preformatted, ready-to use barcode components. Choose from numerous "Common Barcodes" or drill down into folders of different application-specific barcodes.
  • Other new features include:
  • Drawing Example: Create the graphic on the left in two or three seconds. In another 25 or 30 seconds, customize gradients and other parameters as shown on the right.
  • Powerful, High-End Drawing
  • RFID Support Now in Professional Edition
  • Data Type Support
  • Easier Object Creation
  • Better Text Formatting
  • Improved Graphic Support
  • More Flexible Document Format
  • New simplified Installer
  • Expanded Librarian integration
  • New print-time "Search and Replace"
  • Available automatic borders for barcodes, text and graphics
  • Export and print logs from History Explorer
  • Improved weighing scale options
  • Expanded printer function in the Print SDK
  • Shell Extension now supports x64
  • Support for Print Quantity commands beyond four billion

New in BarTender 9.4 SR3 Build 2781 (Feb 21, 2012)

  • Two-Sided Label Design and PrintingTwo-Sided Printing:
  • BarTender 9.4 lets you create separate designs for the front and back of your labels, so you can take full advantage of the latest "duplex" label printers.
  • Powerful New "Rich Text" Object:
  • The new WYSIWYG editor gives you truly professional text formatting. Everything shown in the editing window below is actually a single Rich Text (RTF) object. (The new Rich Text object also supports HTML and XAML.)
  • Embedded Revision Log:
  • Embedded Revision Log When enabled, the new Embedded Revision Log feature saves into the document (BTW File) a detailed history of all label format changes. This includes a list of objects created and changed, when the changes were made (and by whom), and an optional user-supplied comment. The Revision Log can be used by itself or in combination with Librarian’s sophisticated workflow management and security functions to create a remarkably powerful document control system. (Revision Log requires Professional edition or better. Librarian requires Enterprise Automation edition.)
  • Live Database View in Label Design Area:
  • Although BarTender has long provided full "WYSIWYG" display of text, the "Print Preview" function used to be the only way to see live data from your database. Now you can see your live data merged into the correct locations of your labels during your entire design session. The convenient Database Navigator Toolbar lets you easily verify the appearance of any record.
  • View Any Record
  • New Database and Librarian SDKs:
  • Two additional SDKs now let developers integrate other programs directly with Librarian and the BarTender System Database. So you can directly access information about past print jobs, document versions, and even reprint past label jobs – all from within your other software.
  • Additional enhancements have been made to:
  • Bar Codes
  • Prompting
  • BarTender UI
  • Batch Maker
  • Security Center
  • Access and management of the SDKs
  • The Online Help System