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Barcode Professional SDK for .NET Changelog

What's new in Barcode Professional SDK for .NET 10.0 Build 2024-03-25

Mar 26, 2024
  • Neodynamic.SDK.Barcode.dll patched to v10.0.24.325

New in Barcode Professional SDK for .NET 10.0 Build 2023-07-26 (Jul 27, 2023)

  • Fixed! rMQR data encoding when using H ECC.
  • Fixed! barcode sizing in some special cases.

New in Barcode Professional SDK for .NET 10.0 Build 2022-08-09 (Aug 9, 2022)

  • Fixed:
  • ISBT-128 Data Structure 023 - Compound Messages data validation and rendering.

New in Barcode Professional SDK for .NET 10.0 Build 2022-04-22 (Apr 23, 2022)

  • New! Ultracode 2D Color Barcode
  • New! VIN Code39, QRCode & DataMatrix Barcodes
  • New! Pharmacode Two-track Barcode
  • New! Added QRCodeMask property to specify the desired mask pattern
  • New! Added ArtModuleShape and ArtFinderShape properties. These allow to create artistic QR Codes like Google Chrome and other patterns like Rect, RoundRect, Dot, Circle, ZebraHorizontal, ZebraVertical, and Diamond!

New in Barcode Professional SDK for .NET 9.0 Build 2022-02-05 (Feb 7, 2022)

  • Improved:
  • QR Code Auto-encoding to use the smallest symbol size.

New in Barcode Professional SDK for .NET 9.0 Build 2021-05-04 (May 5, 2021)

  • New! Rectangular Micro QR Code a.k.a. rMQR
  • New! GS1 Rectangular Micro QR Code a.k.a. GS1 rMQR
  • New! DPD (Deutsher Paket Dienst) Code
  • New! DAFT Generic 4-State Barcode
  • Improved! Swiss QR Code flag now matches barcode symbol background color.

New in Barcode Professional SDK for .NET 8.0 Build 2020.929 (Oct 31, 2020)

  • Fixed! Validation whether the data to encode can be rendered if both PDF417 Cols & Rows was specified.
  • Fixed! FitProportional for Code16K, Code49 and CodablockF symbologies.
  • Fixed! CodablockF row separator rendering.

New in Barcode Professional SDK for .NET 8.0 Build 2020.422 (Apr 25, 2020)

  • New! DIN SPEC 91406 QR Code Barcode
  • New! DIN SPEC 91406 Data Matrix Barcode

New in Barcode Professional SDK for .NET 7.0 Build 2019.1021 (Oct 22, 2019)

  • Fixed! PDF417 unreadable symbol when a fixed number of Rows is specified and number of Columns needs to be calculated; and vice versa.

New in Barcode Professional SDK for .NET 7.0 Build 2018.903 (Sep 5, 2018)

  • New! JAB Code 2D Multicolored Barcode
  • New! GS1 Aztec Code Barcode
  • New! Swiss QR Code Barcode for QR-bill
  • New! 2D-Pharmacode Barcode
  • New! Channel Code Barcode
  • New! GS1 AI (714) National Healthcare Reimbursement Number (NHRN) - Portugal AIM and AI (8013) Global Model Number (GMN)
  • New! HIBC LIC Additional Supplemental Data support

New in Barcode Professional SDK for .NET 6.0 Build 2018.328 (Mar 30, 2018)

  • Fixed:
  • Bug with EDIFACT Data Matrix encoding and improved symbol size selection.

New in Barcode Professional SDK for .NET 6.0 Build 2018.317 (Mar 21, 2018)

  • Fixed! Bug in Data Matrix Auto encoding.

New in Barcode Professional SDK for .NET 6.0 Build 2018.301 (Mar 2, 2018)

  • Fixed! Bug when using Data Matrix EDIFACT encoding method which affects Auto encoding option.

New in Barcode Professional SDK for .NET 6.0 Build 2018.205 (Feb 14, 2018)

  • New! Added ANSI X12 and EDIFACT data encodings to Data Matrix improving Auto format/symbol size selection.

New in Barcode Professional SDK for .NET 6.0 Build 2017.1027 (Jan 31, 2018)

  • Fixed! Error "Attempted to divice by zero" for PDF417.
  • Fixed! Wrong size setting when enabling FitProportional feature.

New in Barcode Professional SDK for .NET 4.0 (Jul 23, 2014)

  • New! Barcode Symbologies added:
  • Han Xin Code (2D) Chinese Barcode
  • GS1 QR Code
  • IFA PPN (securPharm) 2D Data Matrix with PZN8 auto conversion
  • HIBC LIC 2D Data Matrix, QR Code & Aztec Code versions
  • HIBC PAS 2D Data Matrix, QR Code & Aztec Code versions
  • ISBT 128 2D Data Matrix
  • Deutsche Post Response Plus PostMatrix 2D
  • USPS Intelligent Mail Package Barcode IMpb
  • EAN-14 (GTIN-14)
  • DUN-14 (ITF and GS1/EAN/UCC Versions)
  • DHL AWB Code 39
  • Deutsche Post BZL Code 128
  • New! EAN/UPC Magnification Factor setting
  • New! String Format Patterns are supported for Code & Text properties
  • New! SnapsToDevicePixels property which allows pixel perfect rendering on the target device canvas
  • New! ITF-14 H Marks (Print Gain Gauge)
  • New! Get the runtime value for Auto-type properties when a barcode symbol is generated. Mainly found in 2D symbologies.
  • New! Create artistic barcode symbols by specifying a custom image pattern to fill the bars & dots (ArtBarImagePattern property) as well as stamping logos (ArtLogoImage) with opacity option!
  • Improved! GS1-128 (formerly EAN/UCC-128) Application Identifiers updated per GS1 General Specification v13
  • Improved! HIBC LIC updated to Spec. v2.3 SLS (2009)
  • Improved! HIBC PAS updated to Spec. v1.3 (2010)
  • Improved! ISBT 128 updated to Spec. v4.5.0 (2013)
  • Improved! Error handling in the overall Barcode generation process. New BarcodeException class with some standard error codes and descriptions.
  • Improved! In 2D barcodes with Auto Format or Version selection options, now user selected fixed value is honored and an exception will be thrown if data to encode exceeds it. In earlier versions, the behavior was to auto select a new format or version if possible. The 2D Symbologies affected are: Aztec Code, Data Matrix, MicroPDF417, QR Code, and Micro QR Code.

New in Barcode Professional SDK for .NET 3.0 (Aug 31, 2010)

  • New! Barcode Symbologies added:
  • GS1 DataMatrix (You can now use Data Matrix for encoding GS1 GTINs and any other number of Application Identifiers (AI))
  • MICR E-13-B (It's not a font! All characters are generated using .NET drawing engine)
  • ALL EAN.UCC Composite Barcodes:
  • EAN-13 with CC-A/CC-B
  • EAN-8 with CC-A/CC-B
  • UPC-A with CC-A/CC-B
  • UPC-E with CC-A/CC-B
  • GS1 128 (UCC/EAN-128) with CC-A/CC-B/CC-C
  • GS1 DataBar Omnidirectional (RSS14) with CC-A/CCB
  • GS1 DataBar Truncated (RSS14 Truncated) with CC-A/CCB
  • GS1 DataBar Stacked (RSS14 Stacked) with CC-A/CCB
  • GS1 DataBar Stacked Omnidirectional (RSS14 Stacked Omnidirectional) with CC-A/CCB
  • GS1 DataBar Limited (RSS Limited) with CC-A/CCB
  • GS1 DataBar Expanded (RSS Expanded) with CC-A/CCB
  • GS1 DataBar Expanded Stacked (RSS Expanded Stacked) with CC-A/CCB
  • USPS Intelligent Mail Container Barcode
  • Australia Post Domestic eParcel Barcode
  • Kodak Patch Code
  • Improved! Data Matrix:
  • Fixed some bugs when using Auto encoding, ECI (Extended Channel Interpretation) and Structured Append features.
  • Added three new properties for Structured Append feature.
  • Improved! QR Code:
  • Added support for FNC1. You can now use QR Code for encoding GS1 GTINs and any other number of Application Identifiers (AI)
  • Added support for ECI (Extended Channel Interpretation)
  • Added new way for encoding data using tilde char. This allows you to easily specify byte values in dec/hex notations as well as Kanji double byte chars, ECI and FNC1.
  • Improved! Aztec Code:
  • Added support for FNC1. You can now use Aztec Code for encoding GS1 GTINs and any other number of Application Identifiers (AI)
  • Added support for ECI (Extended Channel Interpretation)
  • Added new way for encoding data using tilde char. This allows you to easily specify byte values in dec/hex notations, ECI as well as FNC1.
  • Improved! UPC-A and UPC-E:
  • Now you can specify 6-digits for UPC-E codes that will also be automatically converted back to UPC-A when using that barcode symbology.
  • New! BarcodeUtils class offering different methods for calculating most popular Checksum/Check-digit available on barcode symbologies