Barcoding ▪️ QR ▪️ Identification ▪️ Labeling ▪️ ScannerApps ▪️ Mobile Data Acquisition

Just a short notice for Barcode Studio users: V9.3 is available for download, it introduces the following new feature: EPS files may now be generated with embedded TIFF preview. And fixes the following bugs: Fixed the problem with auto-resizing PDF files. Set the missing resolution settings and reduced the image file sizes (TIFF Export). File extension is now always adapted to the chosen image type (Data List Export). It is now possible to load files that do not have a file name extension (Mac OS). CMYK color settings can now be used directly for EPS generation (Mac OS Color dialog). Many thanks to the HP SmartStream team for their valuable feedback! Users of Barcode Studio 9.0 or higher may update to this version free of charge. Download it here: Barcode Studio V9.3 (Windows), Barcode Studio V9.3 (Mac OS X - Universal Binary for PPC and Intel), Linux (on request )

The Requirement: Recently a customer of TEC-IT reported some troubles when using the software wedge TWedge on a tablet PC (running XP-based Windows Embedded) in combination with Citrix XenApp v11.0.0.x. The customer was looking for a solution to connect a Bluetooth barcode scanner (from Intermec) with a legacy database application. Scanned data should be transferred to an input field followed by a TAB key. The database application in question is hosted by an ASP and provided to the tablet PC via XenApp from Citrix. The Problem: The initial problem was that the scanned barcode data was not reliable transferred to the database application - scanned data was not transferred completely. The Solution: The clipboard-functionality of TWedge solved the problem. Instead of simulating single keystrokes based on the scanned data the barcode value is copied into the clipboard and then pasted to the Citrix client. Thereafter a TAB key is simulated. One very important point in this approach is to u...

The Problem: Maybe you are familiar with this scenario: You are connecting a barcode scanner, an electronic scale or an RFID reader to your computer. When capturing data it turns out that the device is sending identical values multiple times . This happens if the user scans a barcode repeatedly, a scale sends the weight of the item periodically or if a RFID reader reports the value of a RFID tag at regular intervals. The Solution: TWedge provides a very flexible and elegant solution to this problem. The software wedge can be customized to suppress multiple, identical values easily: Just save the last data value received from the device and compare it with the current one. Forward the device data to target application only if these values are not identical. Here is the script: The Software Wedge Script: OnStart() is the perfect place to initialize the last received data value ( sLastData ) with a null value. OnStart is executed when device communication is initialized (e.g. the seria...

This hotfix solves a problem when saving the settings of the software wedge into a TWI file. The format of the TWI files was changed. This ensures that the settings can be saved even if special characters (like STX, ETX, EOT, DC1, DC2, ...) are part of the script. TWI files from previous version can be loaded without problems! Download the hotfix here: Software Wedge for Windows

A new release (V9.3) of the barcode creator software Barcode Studio will be available to the public in a few days. This release introduces the following enhancements and bug fixes: TIFF preview in EPS files PDF Export - Fixed the problem with auto-resizing PDF files. Data List Export - File extension is now always adapted to the chosen image type. Mac OS X - Option All Files in the File Open Dialog Mac OS X - CMYK colors can now be adjusted As usual the release candidates are available exclusively to readers of this blog: MAC OS X: Barcode Studio V9.3 Microsoft Windows: Barcode Studio V9.3 Linux: available on request! Update: Barcode Studio V9.3 was released on 05-26-2009 . Existing customers of Barcode Studio V9.0, V9.1 or V9.2 can update to this version free of charge. All license keys are still valid.

The software wedge TWedge is able to save data from serial or TCP based devices (e.g. barcode scanners, gauges, scales, controllers) directly into any database (ODBC) or file. When operating TWedge as a system service data acquisition can be automated completely and performed in the background without any user interaction. Starting TWedge as service is done with the help of a Microsoft tool named srvany.exe (part of the Windows Resource Toolkit ). Check out more details here: how to install the Software Wedge TWedge as Windows Service ? The primer explains the required Registry settings in detail.

Hola! Users from Spanish-speaking countries are now able to use the free online barcode generator in their own language. Español is supported - just give it a try: Generador gratuito de códigos de barras online: ¡creación de códigos de barras gratis! These are the currently supported languages: Online Barcode Generator (English) Online Barcode-Generator (Deutsch) 免费在线生成条码 (Chinese) Barkod Programi (Turkish) Generatore di codici a barre online (Italian) Бесплатный онлайн-генератор штрих-кодов (Russian) códigos de barras online ( Español, new! )

New Barcode Label / Reporting Software Release! TFORMer 6.0 is an advanced Barcode Label Software and Reporting Software with great usability . The brand-new version introduces a lot of features and improvement: Improved User Interface User-Friendly Manual Data Input Unified Datasources (ODBC, XML, CSV, TXT, ...) Field Bindings Computed Fields / Serial Numbers Datasource Parameters Extended Barcode Support And much more! Check out the details , download the demo version for free!

Great News! Well - not really news because TEC-IT was already aware of this fact. But here is the first screen shot of TEC-IT Software running on a fresh Windows 7 Release Candidate (Build 7100). In the shot you see the Software Wedge TWedge (upper left corner), the Barcode Label and Reporting Software TFORMer (upper right, with some PDF output) and the Barcode Creator Barcode Studio (bottom, center). In the past we invested a lot of time to ensure compatibility with Microsoft products and compliance with Microsoft guidelines. Thus, TEC-IT software products are usable on all current versions of Microsoft Windows (Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Seven, Server 2003 and Server 2008). You do not need to invest again if you switch to Windows 7 in the future (at least if it comes to TEC-IT products). And yes: 64 Bit operating systems are also supported - just contact us for native x64 versions.

As of today a service release of TBarCode ( Barcode ActiveX , Barcode DLL , .NET Barcode SDK ) is available. It fixes the following bugs: Image Export Special Characters in File Names are supported. Images can now be exported to paths or file names that contain special characters (characters that are not part of the ANSI code page). Quiet Zone Bug Fix The left quiet zone of several 2D bar codes is now drawn correctly when the unit "Modules" is selected. Data Matrix Bug Fix Internal code optimization was improved. The download is available here: Barcode Software Component TBarCode V9.2

Are you looking for a basic inventory solution or you are just interested in registering items based on their barcode? The data acquisition software TWedge provides an elegant solution - TWedge captures data from arbitrary devices (like a serial or USB barcode scanner) and can be configured to store captured data directly into any ODBC database. Additional database software is NOT required!   Smart Software Wedge Configuration of TWedge is extremely flexible: The data acquisition functionality can be configured to meet your exact requirements. TWedge is able to perform read/write access to files, databases and may also simulate keystrokes. To implement the required functionality you need: A serial (or USB) barcode scanner. The used COM port as well as the interface parameters are important (most likely it will be 9600,N,8,1 - meaning 9600 bits per second, no parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit) TWedge ( download ) Determine Bluetooth COM Port For this example I use...