bcWebCam Changelog

What's new in bcWebCam 3.0.2

Apr 22, 2024
  • In the English version, some dialogues may not have been displayed correctly.
  • bcWebCam is now DPI aware

New in bcWebCam 3.0.1 (Mar 27, 2024)

  • In rare cases, the webcam image was not displayed under Windows 10.

New in bcWebCam 3.0.0 (Jan 23, 2024)

  • bcWebCam is now a 64-bit application. This eliminates memory problems at Full HD or higher resolution.
  • Barcode engine update.
  • Various minor bug fixes.
  • bcWebCam now requires the .NET Framework 4.8.

New in bcWebCam 2.5.7 (Aug 1, 2022)

  • Customer-specific modification.

New in bcWebCam 2.5.6 (Aug 11, 2021)

  • Fixed crash due to customer-specific modification.

New in bcWebCam 2.5.5 (Jul 23, 2021)

  • Customer-specific modification.

New in bcWebCam 2.5.4 (Jul 23, 2021)

  • Substrings of the barcode can be passed to applications.

New in bcWebCam 2.5.3.0 (Oct 30, 2020)

  • Change of the threshold value in real time with the possibility of displaying the binarized b/w image.

New in bcWebCam 2.5.1.0 (Oct 5, 2020)

  • Please note that you will need a new license key when you update to this version.
  • Various small bug fixes.

New in bcWebCam 2.5.0.0 (Oct 2, 2020)

  • Please note that you will need a new license key when you update to this version.
  • The image display is now smoother in high resolutions.
  • Various detail improvements.

New in bcWebCam 2.4.0.25 (Feb 3, 2017)

  • Fixed a problem when writing to the clipboard.

New in bcWebCam 2.4.0.24 (Nov 11, 2016)

  • Customer-specific modification

New in bcWebCam 2.4.0.21 (Aug 8, 2016)

  • https URLs could not be opened automatically in the PRO versions

New in bcWebCam 2.4.0.18 (Mar 2, 2016)

  • Fixed crash when the driver of the webcam does not support reading certain properties.

New in bcWebCam 2.4.0.16 (Jan 28, 2016)

  • Error fixed in customer-specific modification

New in bcWebCam 2.4.0.15 (Jan 6, 2016)

  • Customer-specific modification
  • The topmost behavior of bcWebCam can now be switched on and off via the bcWebCam.ini.The default behavior is always in foreground.

New in bcWebCam 2.4.0.13 (Jan 6, 2016)

  • Because of a customer-specific modification linear barcodes were no longer read.
  • bcWebCam is no longer constantly in the foreground.

New in bcWebCam 2.4.0.7 (Oct 19, 2015)

  • Customer-specific expansion

New in bcWebCam 2.4.0.5 (Oct 5, 2015)

  • Fixed crash when closing bcWebCam on Windows 10.

New in bcWebCam 2.4.0.3 (Sep 29, 2015)

  • Fixed a bug when opening an https URL in the PRO versions.

New in bcWebCam 2.4.0.1 (Mar 31, 2015)

  • Customer-specific expansion

New in bcWebCam 2.3.0.9 (Sep 22, 2014)

  • New arrangement of the zoom and focus controls

New in bcWebCam 2.3.0.8 (Sep 17, 2014)

  • Crash when setting the camera parameters (Focus / Zoom) fixed.

New in bcWebCam 2.3.0.7 (Aug 27, 2014)

  • Custom modification

New in bcWebCam 2.3.0.6 (Jul 18, 2014)

  • Improved: URL syntax checking improved

New in bcWebCam 2.3.0.5 (Jul 16, 2014)

  • New: Manual change of focus and zoom
  • New: Open the internal settings-dialog of the webcam

New in bcWebCam 2.3.0.3 (Jun 10, 2014)

  • Changed: The help file has been updated
  • Fixed occasional crash when reading QR codes

New in bcWebCam 2.3.0.2 (Jun 10, 2014)

  • New: The video resolution of the webcam can now be set in the options

New in bcWebCam 2.3.0.1 (Jun 10, 2014)

  • New: bcWebCam now requires the .NET Framework 3.5.
  • New: Update of Capture framework. bcWebCam now works on some Windows 8 tablets, on which previously no image was displayed.
  • New: Sending the read barcode to a Windows Remote Desktop is now possible.

New in bcWebCam 2.2.0.9 (Jun 10, 2014)

  • Fixed: The resolution of the webcam can be manually configured on the bcWebCam.ini again now.

New in bcWebCam 2.2.0.8 (Dec 19, 2013)

  • Fixed: UTF8 strings are now shown correctly.

New in bcWebCam 2.2.0.7 (Sep 11, 2013)

  • Fixed: Crash when using German language setting with a dot as decimal separator.

New in bcWebCam 2.2.0.5 (Apr 17, 2013)

  • Fixed: Memory error when webcam turned on

New in bcWebCam 2.2.0.4 (Apr 17, 2013)

  • Fixed: Exception in options dialog fixed.

New in bcWebCam 2.2.0.2 (Jan 18, 2013)

  • Fixed: The webcam is now turned off when the application exits.

New in bcWebCam 2.2.0.1 (Oct 17, 2012)

  • New: Start WebCam automatically after application has started.
  • New: Open detected URL in default webbrowser

New in bcWebCam 2.2.0.0 (Sep 29, 2012)

  • New: Improved recognition of barcodes in poor lighting conditions by using a dynamic threshold.
  • New: Current QS-Barcode Library 4.9.0.118

New in bcWebCam 2.1.0.3 (May 9, 2012)

  • New: Allow only one instance of bcWebCam
  • Fixed: Crash if webcam is in use by other applications
  • Fixed: Recognition of two barcodes in the same stream image confuses bcWebCam
  • New: Support area with FAQ

New in bcWebCam 2.1.0.2 (May 9, 2012)

  • New Features: WebCam Selection Dialog, Result to Clipboard, Invert Image Data

New in bcWebCam 2.1.0.1 (May 9, 2012)

  • Demo Mode for PRO1 and PRO2 Features integrated

New in bcWebCam 2.0.0.1 (May 9, 2012)

  • QR Code integrated