dLSoft Newsletter May 2012  Contents 1. Products & updates 2. Recent announcements_(from previous issue) 3. Current versions and prices 4. Web sites 5. Contact addresses 1. Products & updates 1.1 Windows 8 A number of end-user products have been updated so that they load and run correctly on the desktop version of Windows 8 Consumer Preview. These include AnyLabels, Really Simple Labels, Really Simple Barcodes, and The Barcode Desk. These products remain compatible with WIndows XP/Vista/7. Our other end-user applications will not be updated at this time and the position will be considered prior to the WIndows 8 is released. 1.2 Visual Studio 11 (beta) The majority of our developers components have be updated so that they provide a suitable experience in Visual Studio 11 (beta). In most cases this means that the sample projects included with the packages have been modified so that they automatically update when loaded into Visual Studio 2011 (beta). All Active Barcode Components, dBarcode.NET components, dBarcode Developer Kts and Barcode Font Kit components are now sutiable for use with Visual Studio 2005, 2008, 2010 and 11(beta). The dBarcode DLL range supports the same range plus Visual Studio 2003. 1.3 Other updates All non-.Net products that support 2D barcodes have been modified to improve stack use (courtesy of Visual Studio 2011), significantly improving the speed of encoding. All products supporting Aztec and QRCode symbols have been modified so that the size of the symbol may be specified as the number of columns (ie. elements across the symbol). For Aztec symbols this effect only Full Range symbols. Please note that our .NET components no longer support the .NET Framework version 1.0 or 1.1. Only version 2.0 and later are supported by the dBarcode.NET and Labels.NET components and by the .NET components included in Font kits. 1.4 Affected products For one or more of the above reasons almost all of our Windows products have been updated; so rather than reproduce the list here please see the complete list of products with their versions and release dates which is available here. Please note that our .NET components no longer support the .NET Framework version 1.0 or 1.1. Only version 2.0 and later are supported by the dBarcode.NET and Labels.NET components and by the .NET components included in Font kits. 2 Recent announcements (from previous issue) 2.1 dBarScan-SL dBarScan-SL has been updated to work faster and better at low resolution. The sample project include in the distribution now runs well on a wider range of Windows Phones. The new version is 1.3. 2.2 2D Barcode Font Kits Our 2D Barcode Font Kits have all be updated so that the .NET component in the kit is marked to AllowPartiallyTrusted callers. This enables the component to be used with Microsoft Reporting Services. 2.3 Datamatrix (again) All products supporting Datamatrix have been updated to correct a fault which resulted in spurious characters appearing in a symbol that ended in EDIFACT encoding and contained data that exactly filled the symbol. 2.4 Affected products For one or more of the above reason many of our products have been updated; The complete list of products with their version numbers and release dates is available here . Please note that our .NET components no longer support the .NET Framework version 1.0 or 1.1. Only version 2.0 and later are supported by the dBarcode.NET and Labels.NET components and by the .NET components included in Font kits. 3  Current versions and prices of dLSoft Products A list of current versions and release dates is maintained at:  http://downloads.dlsoft.com/testware/versions.htm The current retail price list is also available from: http://downloads.dlsoft.com/testware/pplist.htm 4 Web site The dLSoft web site at www.dLSoft.com has now migrated into the cloud. Please let us know if this cuases any problems - or indeed if you have any other comments about the site. 5 Contact addresses e-mail: DLSOFT@DLSOFT.COM Phone: 0845 519 0049  - International +44 208 559 0049 Fax:   0845 519 0048  - International +44 208 559 0178 To be removed from the dLSoft Newsletter circulation list please e-mail dLSoft@dLSoft.com with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line. DL Technology PO Box 9, Buckhurst Hill, Essex IG9 5BE, UK E-mail: dLSoft@dLSoft.com Web: http://www.dLSoft.com/