Zint Barcode Generator Changelog

What's new in Zint Barcode Generator 2.4.1

Jan 13, 2011
  • Features a brand new set of API functions for interfacing with the forthcoming glabels package and a sleeker GUI experience.
  • Also included is the ability to input data from stdin, the ability to use escape codes on the command line and the usual round of bugfixes.

New in Zint Barcode Generator 2.4.0 (Sep 14, 2010)

  • Simplified GUI. Addition of "render" functions provides an API for glabels.
  • Corrections to 4-state codes.
  • Simplification in QR code.
  • Added --dump option and support for reading from stdin.

New in Zint Barcode Generator 2.3.1 (Mar 4, 2010)

  • Correction of some minor bugs in Code 128 and Data Matrix, addition of --notext option to CLI and better operation of --scale option which now scales human readable text and MaxiCode.

New in Zint Barcode Generator 2.2.1 (Aug 8, 2009)

  • Some important bug fixes for Data Matrix, Aztec Code, PDF417 and others, an improved GUI and greater stability.

New in Zint Barcode Generator 2.1.3 (May 20, 2009)

  • This release includes Channel Code and Code 49 symbologies and some bugfixes but most of the work has been put into the GUI which has had a complete facelift and is now actually moderately useful!

New in Zint Barcode Generator 2.1.2 (Mar 4, 2009)

  • Added SVG output option.
  • Improved Japanese character support including Unicode > Shift-JIS capability.
  • Bugfixes for Data Matrix (missing characters at end of string) and Codablock-F (K1/K2 check digit and row indicators above row 6).

New in Zint Barcode Generator 2.1 (Feb 3, 2009)

  • Reinstated Korea Post barcodes, harmonised bind and box options, moved Unicode handling into backend and added input_mode option, added size options to Data Matrix, added NULL character handling for Codablock-F, Code 128, Code 16k, Extended Code 39, Code 93, Telepen, Maxicode, Data Matrix ECC 200, PDF417 and MicroPDF417.
  • Added GS1 support for Code 16k, Codablock-F and Aztec Code.
  • Added scale and direct to stdout options.
  • Rebult Data Matrix ECC 200 encoding algorithms to support NULL encoding and GS1 data encoding.