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UPDATE:  Bluetooth/TCP Reader GetBlue for  Android™  TEC-IT ( https://www.tec-it.com ) published version 0.5 of GetBlue ! GetBlue is a smart application which  communicates with Bluetooth and TCP/IP devices . The new version supports bi-directional device communication.  In addition to its simple TELNET like functionality, GetBlue captures serial Bluetooth ( SPP/RFCOMM )  or TCP  data , displays it in a log window and forwards the collected data to an arbitrary server application. Data forwarding works even in the background or when changing screen orientation. Manually entered user data or server responses are sent then back to the device.  All important communication parameters are adjustable: GetBlue can easily be configured to capture Bluetooth barcode data and forward it to a web-application via HTTP GET requests HTTP Post requests Plain TCP sockets  In addition it can be adjusted whether server responses should be sent back ...

Good News for Microsoft Word Users! TEC-IT ( http://www.tec-it.com ) announces its brand new bar-code add-in for Microsoft Word . Using bar-codes in Word documents, serial letters and mail merges was never easier! After TBarCode Office was installed, a new task pane is available in Microsoft Word. In this task-pane you simply select the required barcode symbology (all barcodes are supported by this add-in: linear barcodes, 2D codes, GS1 DataBar codes, postal codes), enter the data to be encoded (or assign the mail merge fields) and click "Insert Barcode". That's all! The basic barcode  options can be adjusted in the barcode pane directly. More advanced options like bar width reduction, font colors, human readable text, international code page setting, etc. are also adjustable. Just check out  the tutorial video to get an impression. TBarCode Office is very simple to use AND provides all bar-code tuning options for advanced applications. This combinat...

The new version of TBarCode/Direct V2.2 supports now UPS® MaxiCode™. TBarCode/Direct is a smart, platform independent barcode printing solution for SAP® ERP, SAP® R/3® and mySAP® ERP. This bar code software works completely without any middleware and can be used with all PostScript® enabled printers! The main advantage - TBarCode/Direct is installed within the SAP system only: No additional software, no system level installation and no additional hardware is required. Read more about our SAP 2D Barcode Printing Solution .

TEC-IT published a PDF document which outlines the usage of TBarCode SDK as  barcode generator for SQL reporting services . The .NET barcode class which is contained in the  TBarCode SDK  can be integrated seamlessly into MS SQL reporting services. Just a few lines of .NET code are needed to enhance a report with full bar code printing services for linear barcodes, 2D codes and GS1 DataBar symbologies. Check out the document Printing Barcodes with MS SQL Reporting Services . A  sample report  including source code is available in the download section of TBarCode (Microsoft Visual Studio required).

TEC-IT joined the Android™ Community! TEC-IT ( http://www.tec-it.com ) published  GetBlue  - its first free App for Android smartphones ! GetBlue is a smart application which communicates with Bluetooth and TCP/IP devices . The user is able to connect to arbitrary Bluetooth devices supporting the Serial Port Profile (SPP), receive and display device data immediately and finally to send manually entered data or control commands to the device. In addition to Bluetooth SPP GetBlue supports connectivity via TCP sockets. We encourage you to give it a try! GetBlue is completely free and is intended as debugging/testing tool for Android users. When browsing the Android Market with your handset just search for the term  GetBlue ! The screen-shot shows barcode data scanned with a Bluetooth barcode scanner paired with a Google G1. GetBlue is available for Android 1.5, 1.6, 2.0 or higher. It was tested with Google G1 and Motorola Milestone/Motorola Droid. For more informati...

As from today an update of the TBarCode Barcode SDK (including a Barcode ActiveX , Barcode DLL and .NET Barcode Assembly ) is available. It fixes a bug concerning the check digit calculation in Telepen / Telepen Alpha. Many thanks to SB Electronic Systems Ltd. ( www.telepen.co.uk ) for reporting! Download TBarCode V9.3.5 Update

Interested in adding a  "Create QR-Code Badge"  to your web-site? If yes - please read on! TEC-IT has enhanced it's bookmarking and sharing add-on for web-sites. Besides the "traditional" sharing services for  Facebook ,  Twitter ,  Digg ,  StumpleUpon ,  SlashDot  etc. this web-control now generates and displays a  QR-Code encoding the URL of interest . Such an URL QR-Code can be read with camera-equipped smartphones. The bar code decoder application on the phone forwards the user to this URL immediately - without keying in the URL manually. The bar code looks cool and can be shared via email, via MMS, by embedding it into arbitrary artwork - or simply by printing it. Get in touch with us if you are interested in this QR-Code Badge. It will be  available for free  if you provide a backlink to www.tec-it.com .