Oct. 30, 2006
| Revision History | |
|---|---|
| Revision 3.3 | Oct. 30, 2006 |
| Release Notes for Barcode ActiveX 3.3 | |
| Revision 3.2 | Dec. 25, 2005 |
| Release Notes for Barcode ActiveX 3.2 | |
Table of Contents
This document contains the release notes for Morovia Barcode ActiveX version 3.3. The following sections describe the release in detail and provide late-breaking or other information that supplements the main documentation. This is the third full release of the product. The version 3.3 is a bug fix release with several feature enhancement.
Barcode ActiveX implements a standard OLE control that creates barcode images. It relies on the COM/OLE layer of Windows operating system.
From version 3.3, Barcode ActiveX line comprises two distinct versions: the professional version and the lite version. They share the same feature set except that the professional version supports all symbologies while the lite version supports linear symbologies only. The two products can co-exist on one computer. However, the lite version does not read the file saved by the pro version, and vice versa. There is no upgrade path from the lite version to the pro version.
Added two .Net sample (written in C#) demonstrating using Barcode ActiveX in .Net environments.
Fixed several defects (see below for more information).
Morovia has adopted a new publishing system. With the new publishing system we are able to provide multiple formats of manuals from a single source. To view the reference manual online, visit http://go.morovia.com/?name=BAX3MAN.
To install Barcode ActiveX 3.3, simply click on the installer EXE. If you have a previous version installed on your computer, it will replace the old version. The installation process is straightforward.
This release consists of the following items:
Release notes (this file)
Core component MrvBarCd.dll (pro version), or
MrvBarLt.dll (lite version).
Barcode ActiveX 3.3 Reference Manual, in PDF and HtmlHelp formats.
Samples for VB6, VC6, VC7, .Net and Office programs (Word, Excel and Access)
License agreement
800 MHz Pentium processor
256 MB Memory
10MB Free disk space
Windows 2000, Windows XP or above
The following issues discovered after the last release have been addressed:
MITS147 - Changing typeface of Font or
CommentFont produces no effects on the results.
Fixed in version 3.2.1.
MITS156 - Human readable disappears when Rotation
is set to mbxRTAntiClockwise_270 and
TexAlignment is mbxAlignRight.
Fixed in version 3.2.1.
MITS162 - An error is reported from ExportImage method
when exporting BMP images from the barcode object to an
IStream interface. This issue does not appear when the
barcode image is exported to other formats, or exported to a disk file. Fixed
in version 3.2.1.
MITS226 - POSTNET encoder creates barcodes as is when data with an invalid
length is specified. By USPS standard, a valid postnet barcode encodes either
5, 11 or 13 digits of a zip code. However, in version 3.2 it is possible to encode
a 10-digit number without any error reported. Fixed in version 3.3.0.
MITS236 - Invalid data matrix was created under certain circumstances. An
example is 4445601261263220QC0003900*GALBEL008*60/316*AQ8500017*.
Fixed in version 3.3.0.
MITS259 - Incorrect human readable appears on 2-digit UPC/EAN extension barcode. The barcode is correct, however the human readable text always displays as 00 in the extension barcode.
MITS269 - Data typos in the reference manual. In the table
Size of a pixel, chapter Working with low-resolution
devices, the pixel size in mm under 240 dpi should be
0.106, instead of 0.160 in the manual.
MITS278 - Random barcodes appear when generating bulk barcodes in a
memory-intensive environment. The issue was found in a .Net application which
prints multiple barcodes at a time. This error was caused by a memory assignemnt bug.
Fixed in version 3.3.0.
MITS285 - Barcode appeared small when a barcode object with Measurement
set to mbxMeasurementMetrics is saved to a file and loaded back. The loading
process reduced all lengths in this scenario. Fixed in version 3.3.
MITS288 - In the Access, IIS and IE samples, there are barcodes designed to encode
a SCC-14 number in Interleaved 2 of 5 format. While technically the barcode is correct,
the data encoded does not match a real SCC-14 number. The modulo 10 check digit for
SCC-14 number 0077000707723 should be 6,
not 4 demonstreated in the samples. Fixed in version 3.3.0.
MITS296 - when Measurement is mbxMeasurementMetrics,
setting AutoLabelSize creates a label area of 2 cm by 2 cm, not 2" by 2" as
indicated in the reference manual. Fixed in version 3.3.0.
MITS276 - HIBC barcodes do not display checksum character when
ShowcheckDigit is FALSE.
Per HIBC standard, the checksum should appear in the human readable
line. Our product adds checksum; however, it adds the checksum
character at the human readable line only when ShowCheckDigit
is TRUE. To conform to the standard, when you
create HIBC barcodes, you should set ShowCheckDigit
to TRUE.