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TEC-IT recently extended the free online barcode generator with adjustable dpi settings (barcode image resolution), adjustable barcode rotation (0°, 90°, 180°, 270°) and an adjustable barcode image type. The supported barcode output formats are JPG , PNG , TIFF , BMP and GIF (GIF is generated by default). In addition the following vector formats are available for barcode creation: PCL , EPS (Encapsulated PostScript). If you are interested in embedding this barcode generator into (web-) applications please let us know. The advanced parameters for controlling the output type are not documented online.

A few months ago a colleague of mine implemented a generic widget for simple web-based customizable surveys. This widget is hosted on www.widgetbox.com . Despite the fact that the widget did not store survey results permanently (instead it sent one email for each vote to the owner of the survey) it got quite a good user feedback. So let me introduce .... Free Online Survey Widget Version 2 ! This post gives you a short introduction how to set up the widget for your own web-page. But let me start with it's features first: Complete customizable survey widget (number of questions, text for questions, feedback type (one-off, many-off), colors, fonts, basic behavior, etc. Voting results are available as diagram within the widget (customizable) Voting results are stored on tec-it.com. You do not need a database or special web-hosting service It is free It only requires a unique email address, no complicated registration is required How to use This Online Poll? All you need is ...

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.