Installing on a Development Machine

To Install Barcode Xpress Component

Run the downloaded setup program which installs the development kit on your development machine.

The downloaded development kit includes code samples for supported platforms. Samples are available through the Start|Programs|Accusoft|BarcodeXpress v10.0 menu.

By default, this will register trial licensing which allows you to develop applications, but not to distribute them. The trial license allows testing of all the functions and features.

Please see the topic Distributing with Your .NET Application to understand the limits and details to converting licensing editions.

In order to distribute your finished application you must purchase and install a fully paid license from Accusoft. The paid licenses override trial licenses.

To Use Barcode Xpress Help Files

Stand-alone Help file "Accusoft.BarcodeXpress10.Net.chm"

Access the Barcode Xpress stand-alone help through the Windows Start menu: Start | Programs | Accusoft | BarcodeXpress v10.0

The stand-alone complied help chm file is created with MS Help system version 1.

To view Help 1 files, you must have:

Windows 2000 or higher (to view the file via the Windows HTML Help Viewer)
Internet Explorer 6.x or higher
MS HTML Help Viewer

Compiled Collection Help File "Accusoft.BarcodeXpress10.Net.hxs"

Help 2 collection files install into Visual Studio.NET (VS). To view Help 2 files, you must have:

Windows 2000 or higher
Internet Explorer 6 or higher
Visual Studio .NET 2002 or higher
MS Help version 2

When Barcode Xpress installs, if the system installation requirements for Help 2 files are met, the Help 2 file is included on the Start shortcut menu. If the installation requirements for Help 2 files are not met, then the Help 1 file installs on the Start shortcut.

Plugging Barcode Xpress Help into Visual Studio

Barcode Xpress Help 2 files integrate within the Help system in Visual Studio .NET. To access Barcode Xpress help within Visual Studio, do the following:

Ensure that the MSDN Library is installed in your Visual Studio environment. If it is not installed, re-install it from your VS.NET disc.
Ensure that MS Help Integration Kit is installed in your Visual Studio environment. If you do not have it installed:

Download the Help Integration kit from MSDN
Close Visual Studio.

Re-open Visual Studio, select the Help Menu and the Contents submenu. Verify help files for Accusoft controls are listed. If Accusoft help is not listed:

Search for "VSCC" in Visual Studio Help, leaving the "Filtered by:" list box blank. Select the "Visual Studio .NET Combined Help Collection Manager" topic.
Select the Help 2 collections available on your PC under the heading "Collections available for inclusion in VSCC."
Take care when excluding help collections from the default VSCC collection. These collections may be necessary to view required documentation. Instead, use the "Filtered by:" field on the Contents tab of the Help panel to focus searches on Accusoft topics. Leave the "Filtered by:" list box empty to view the entire Accusoft help files.
Select the Update VSCC button.
Close all instances of Visual Studio and Microsoft Document Explorer. When you restart Visual Studio, the VSCC Help collection revises with your changes. (Note: this may take several minutes.)
Check the Visual Studio Help/Contents tab again to see the Help collections available to you.

Select the Barcode Xpress help file to view help content.