ByteScout BarCode Generator history of changes

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- - bug fixed
+ - new feature
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6.1.0.1105 (March 11, 2020)
+ Added 'Caption Alignment' and 'Additional Caption Alignment' options.
= Minor improvements and bugfixes.

6.0.0.1099 (February 11, 2020)
= Minor improvements and bugfixes.

5.1.5.1078 (December 4, 2019)
= Minor improvements and bugfixes.

5.1.4.1073 (November 1, 2019)
= Minor improvements and bugfixes.

5.1.3.1063 (October 1, 2019)
= Minor improvements and bugfixes.

5.1.1.1054 (August 6, 2019)
= Minor improvements and bugfixes.

5.1.0.1050 (July 1, 2019)
= Minor improvements and bugfixes.

5.0.0.1046 (May 22, 2019)
= Minor improvements and bugfixes.

4.92.0.1036 (March 12, 2019)
- Improved generation of DataMatrix with multi-byte text encoding.
= Improved handling of PDF documents.
= Minor improvements and bugfixes.

4.91.0.1025 (January 31, 2019)
= DataMatrix encoder now automatically switches to binary mode on multi-byte text encodings.
= Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

4.90.0.1008 (October 22, 2018)
+ Added "PharmaCode" barcode symbology.
= Minor improvements and bug fixes.

4.80.0.993 (July 18, 2018)
- Fixed crash when generating MaxiCode.
= Minor improvements and bug fixes.

4.70.0.981 (April 09, 2018)
- Codabar: Fixed invalid symbol "-" for Modulo9 checksum 0.
= Minor improvements and bug fixes.

4.63.0.971 (January 22, 2018)
= Disabled ">" mark (quiet zone indicator) on EAN barcodes since it is optional.
- Fixed rare crash on GS1 application identifiers.
= Minor improvements and bug fixes.

4.62.0.964 (November 8, 2017)
= Minor improvements and bug fixes.

4.61.0.952 (August 1, 2017)
= Minor improvements and bug fixes.

4.60.0.942 (June 1, 2017)
- Fixed value validation for MaxiCode symbology.
= Minor improvements and bug fixes.

4.57.0.925 (March 09, 2017)
= Minor improvements and bug fixes.

4.56.0.911 (January 11, 2017)
= Minor improvements and bug fixes.

4.55.0.903 (October 21, 2016)
+ Added alternative error correction mode for 144x144 DataMatrix barcodes for compatibility with some readers.
- DrawImagesToPDF() methods were overwriting user provided images. Fixed now.
= Minor improvements and bug fixes.

4.50.875 (August 15, 2016)
- Bug fixes and improvements.

4.40.828 (April 12, 2016)
- Bug fixes and improvements.

4.31.773 (April 6, 2015)
- Bug fixes and improvements.

4.30.760 (February 2, 2015)
barcode generation improved
minor interface improvements
stability improved

4.20.745 (October 28, 2014)
issue fixed related to the incorrect margins and quiet zones in some barcodes when captions are enabled
captions positions now can be set to appear at the right or at the left
PDF417 custom size mode improved
Interleaved 2 of 5 barcode generation minor improvements, now works as the following:
// #1: if AddChecksum = true
// EVEN number: checking if last digit is valid checksum
// ODD number: calc and add checksum at the end (to make it EVEN number of digits)
// #2: if AddChecksum = false
// EVEN number: doing nothing and encoding as is
// ODD number: add padding zero (at the beginning) to make it EVEN number of digits
minor bug-fixes


4.10.713 (August 4, 2014)
improved barcode generation
GS1 (EAN128, GS-128, GS1 Datamatrix) text caption generation improved for long values
TextEncodingCodePage and TextEncodingUseUTF8 added for use from ActiveX/COM interfaces
DrawImagesToPDF() now allows multiple images to be added
minor fixes

4.00.700 (May 12, 2014)
Encoding selection is now available (so you may use UTF-8 to encode Unicode symbols into 2D barcodes like QR Code, Aztec and others)
GTIN-8, GTIN-13, GTIN-14 barcode types added
minor improvements and bug-fixes

3.30.667 (December 20, 2013)
improved barcode generation: now you may enter macros like {ESC} and others to enter control characters into the barcode value
put the cursor to the value field to see full list of supported macros
improved Datamatrix barcode generation support for C40, Text, x12, Binary modes
minor bug-fixes

3.22.643 (October 10, 2013)
Batch Generation function now uses size and resolution settings from "Size and Margin" tab

3.22.636 (October 4, 2013)
free barcode generator improved with batch barcode functionality
new ISBN barcodes option: you may set the caption template to format ISBN caption
minor bug-fixes and improvements
"Batch Generation From List" function added to generated barcodes from a list of values
EAN-14 barcode generation minor fixes
improved PDF417 encoding in Binary mode
minor bug-fixes


3.20.590 (May 2, 2013)
MaxiCode, MSI, Plessey barcodes support added
Batch Barcode Generation From List function added - now you can generate barcodes from given list of values
Copy To Clipboard functoin added to copy barcode image to clipboard (then you may paste into Word using CTRL+V)
minor bug-fixes and improvements

2.20.457 (November 20, 2012)
free utility to generate barcodes updated
improved UI
improved Aztec barcodes support
GS1 Databar barcodes are supported now
minor bug-fixes and improvements

2.20.386 (24 April 2012)
improved UI
batch generation support (see Save Barcode tab)
minor bug-fixes

2.20.303 (7 June 2011)
lot of improvements, new barcode types
new interface
minor bug-fixes

1.70 (15 October 2009)
+ new barcode types: MacroPDF, MicroPDF, EAN-14
* minor bug-fixes

1.61 (22 September 2009)
* important 2D barcodes fixes
* datamatrix generation issues have been fixed
* issues in GS1 128 barcode generation has been fixed
+ new barcode type: GS1_128
* minor bug-fixes

1.60.96 (10 August 2009)
* minor bug-fixes in QR Code barcode generation

1.60.90 (3 August 2009)
* minor bug-fixes in Unicode support
* minor bug-fixes

1.60.85 (15 June 2009)
+ new methods for use from ASP (in ActiveX mode): BarCode.GetImageBytesGIF, .GetImageBytesTIFF, .GetImageBytesJPG
* bug with some characters causing exception with 2D barcode types has been fixed
+ Both .NET 1.10 and



1.51 (15 May 2009)
+ Supplemental EAN-2 and EAN-5 values support for ISBN, EAN13 and other barcode types
+ EMF export is supported now
* minor bug-fixes and improvements

1.41.50 (16 March 2009)
+ DataMatrix barcode generation improved
~ better error indication
+ now can copy the generated barcode to the clipboard (using Edit | Copy or CTRL+C)
* minor bug-fixes and improvements

1.30.27 (12 November 2008)
+ 2D barcodes QR Code and DataMatrix have been added
* minor bug-fixes and improvements

1.01 (23 October 2008)
* minor bug-fixes (was unable to enter value for barcodes except PDF417)

1.00 (17 October 2008)
+ new version release