This section contains information on new features, improvements, fixes, and known issues for each release.

Barcode Xpress for ActiveX v13.10

Barcode Xpress for ActiveX v13.10 introduces the following:

13.10 New Features and Improvements

• TBD

13.10 Product Updates and Fixes

• Addressed an issue with Code 93 Extended encoding and decoding of some special symbols.
• Fixed an issue where scanning for patch codes on certain images would cause internal error exceptions to be thrown.
• Improved recognition of Data Matrix barcodes with damaged finder patterns.
• Improved recognition of distorted QR Codes.
• Improved recognition of stretched QR Codes.
• Addressed an issue with decoding PDF417 barcodes.
• Improved recognition of heavily damaged Code 39 barcodes.

13.10 Documentation Updates

• Added context highlighting to the code examples.

Barcode Xpress for ActiveX v13.9

Barcode Xpress for ActiveX v13.9 introduces the following:

13.9 New Features and Improvements

• QR Code decoding. Improved decoding of damaged QR Code barcodes that have a noise line going through the locator pattern.

Barcode Xpress for ActiveX v13.8

Barcode Xpress for ActiveX v13.8 introduces the following:

• New Features & Improvements

13.8 New Features and Improvements

• Code 39 decoding. Improved decoding of damaged Code 39 barcodes that have one of the bars split by a noise line.

Barcode Xpress for ActiveX v13.7

Barcode Xpress for ActiveX v13.7 introduces the following:

• Product Updates & Fixes

13.7 Product Updates and Fixes

• Improved detection of faded or damaged QR Locator Patterns.

Barcode Xpress for ActiveX v13.6

Barcode Xpress for ActiveX v13.6 introduces the following:

13.6 New Features and Improvements

• Improved ability to decode QR Codes with interior distortion.

Barcode Xpress for ActiveX v13.5

Barcode Xpress for ActiveX v13.5 introduces the following:

• New Features & Improvements
• Product Updates & Fixes
• Documentation Updates

13.5 New Features and Improvements

• Barcode Xpress now detects Micro QR barcodes. With this release you can now recognize the four versions of Micro QR codes: M1, M2, M3, and M4. For more details, refer to the Micro QR topic in the help.
• Evaluate Barcode Xpress - You can now run Barcode Xpress without an installed license, making it easier to evaluate the product. Barcode Xpress now automatically runs in Watermark evaluation mode if started without a license. For more information, refer to the Try It! section of the documentation.
• We now provide CAB archives for product updates. To simplify the process of getting Barcode Xpress updates, we provide CAB archives instead of traditional installers. See the Installation topic for more information.

13.5 Product Updates and Fixes

• Addressed rare intermittent issue where Barcode Xpress wasn't able to detect any barcodes on color images.

• Addressed an intermittent issue when Barcode Xpress incorrectly calculated the module width for the Data Matrix barcode with distorted timing patterns.

• Addressed an issue where Barcode Xpress would sometimes discard decoded Aztec Barcodes if other 2D barcode types were selected.

13.5 Documentation Updates

• We reorganized the documentation so you can find what you need more quickly.
• We updated the Getting Started section to make it easier for you to evaluate Barcode Xpress.

Barcode Xpress for ActiveX v13.4

Barcode Xpress for ActiveX v13.4 introduces the following:

• Product Updates & Fixes

13.4 Product Updates and Fixes

• Addressed an issue where Barcode Xpress wasn't able to recognize squashed QR barcodes, where the horizontal and vertical module size was different.

• Addressed an issue with algorithm improvement for Data Matrix barcodes with a damaged finder pattern to perform incorrect calculations for rectangular barcodes.

• Fixed a bug in error correction algorithms which would occasionally prevent QR codes with damaged bars from being decoded.

• Fixed a bug which could occasionally prevent PDF417 barcodes from being decoded properly when they were rotated 180 degrees.

• Improved detection of QR Code version information when barcode is damaged.

• Fixed an out-of-bounds read operation for cropped images that could in some cases trigger illegal read exception while reading GS1 DataBar barcodes.

Barcode Xpress for ActiveX v13.3

Barcode Xpress for ActiveX v13.3 introduces the following improvements:

• Added the ability to detect Code 39 and Code 39 Extended barcodes without start and stop patterns.
• Improved barcode performance:
  • Increased the algorithm speed by 5-20% for 1D barcodes (depending on input image).
  • Increased the algorithm accuracy for Code 39, Code 39 Extended, and Patch Code barcode types.

Barcode Xpress for ActiveX v13.2

Barcode Xpress for ActiveX v13.2 introduces the following improvements:

• Added support for PLANET barcodes.
• New Resource for Barcode Xpress on our Website:
  • Try the Barcode Xpress online demo to see how it reads single and multiple barcodes on a document.

Barcode Xpress for ActiveX v13.0

Barcode Xpress for ActiveX v13.0 introduces the following improvements:

• Added new API for setting search types for recognition: SetBarcodeReaderType, GetBarcodeReaderType, and GetBarcodeReaderTypesCount.
• Added support for MicroPDF417 Barcodes.
• Added the AdditionalReadingPass property to scan the image a second time at a smaller resolution to potentially find more barcodes.
• Accuracy improvements for Data Matrix and Code 39 barcodes.
• Updated documentation with more explanations and code examples.