Released: Oct 27, 2010

Updates in this release

Updates in V4.0

New Barcode Symbologies

• 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