Features

• 'BarCodeReader.ReadAsync()' now includes more options for reading single barcodes.
• Added async support to 'BarCodeReader' read methods, so that you can now use 'await' to avoid freezing your software.
• Upgraded to use the latest version of IronSoftware.System.Drawing (v2022.11.10457).
• Added support for loading TIFF images with frames of varying dimensions.

Fixes

• Fixed a bug affecting reading license keys from the config file on some systems.
• Fixed a bug where setting a QR color to a faint color would make the custom logo image disappear.

Features

• Added new 'QRCodeLogo' class which allows you to specify width, height and rounded corners.
• Added 'DataMatrixWriter' for customizing Data Matrix shape (square or rectangular).
• Added a 'Logger.EnableDebugging' option for debugging.
• 'ExpectMultipleBarcodes' has been set to true by default.
• Image compatibility improvements.
• Old CreateQrCodeWithLogo, and CreateQrCodeWithLogoImage are now obsolete, please use QRCodeLogo instead.

Fixes

• Fixed issue with LoggingMode not applying properly.
• Fixed margins added to 2D Barcode.
• Fixed issue when creating a UPC-A Barcode with byte array.

Features

• Image Compatibility Improvements
  • Added support for Microsoft .NET 7 Preview.
  • Added IronSoftware.System.Drawing to add Bitmap support for:
    • System.Drawing.Common (System.Drawing for .NET Framework) without any code changes.
    • Microsoft .NET MAUI.
    • SixLabors.ImageSharp.
    • SkiaSharp.
    • Loading Images without an image Library from Files and Strings.
• Breaking Change:
  • Removed support for .NET Framework 4.5. Minimum supported .NET Framework version is now 4.6.2.
• Other Changes:
  • Added new ImageFilter methods to improve reading:
    • AdaptiveThreshold.
    • BinaryThreshold.
    • Brightness.
    • Contrast.
    • Invert.
    • Sharpen.
  • Added Image Filter result after applying an ImageFilter so you can export and inspect processed images.
• Platform Compatibility Improvements:
  • Improved support for many Linux Distributions:
    • Ubuntu 16, 18, 20 and 22.
    • Debian 9, 10 and 11.
    • Fedora 35, 36 and 37.
    • CentOS 7 and 8.
    • Rocky Linux 8 and 9.
    • Amazon Linux 2.

Features

• Improved performance: Fewer “false-positive” barcodes.
• Improved documentation.
• Added a configurable temp file path.

Features

• Improved API for ease of use.
• API now returns barcode location, barcode rotation value and page orientation.
• Added support for decoding Code39 barcodes with full ASCII.

Fixes

• Vertical barcode reading.
• Reading barcodes from images with a CropArea set larger than the image.

Features

• Improved Linux and Apple macOS compatibility.
• Improved Microsoft .NET 5 and 6 compatibility.
• Improved TIFF and GIF support.
• Added support for barcode sizing in imperial MIL and inch dimensions.
• Added support for custom text annotation spacing.

Fixes

• Binary values no longer require base64 encoding and decoding.
• Resizing & Aspect Ratio control.

Features

• Added Microsoft .NET 6 support.
• Improves security and performance.