- True 32-bit Windows Application
- Real-time Onscreen Resizing
- Faster Design and Printing
- 32-Bit ODBC Database Support
- Unlimited Undo/Redo Command
- Object Oriented Data Field Setup
- More Powerful, Easier Page Setup
- Multiple Concurrent Design Sessions
- Right-Button Menus Simplify Tasks
- Easier Cut and Paste Between Labels
- Tool Bars Can Be Moved/Reshaped
- Thumbnail Previews of Saved Labels
- Tool "Tips" Provide Instant Hints
- Tracking of Laser Label Start Position
- Three Tool Bars Instead Of One
- Hundreds of New Help System Links
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Summary of
Features Added with Bar Tender
5.1 | |
- User-Designable Data Entry Forms
- Data-Sourced Graphics
- Support for Visual Basic Script
- New Types of Serialization
- Prompting for all Data Source Types
- Print Wizard
- White on Black Printing
- Status Bar
- Improved Font WYSIWYG
- Non-Printing Label Objects
- Automatic Restart of Print Jobs
- Comments for Label Objects
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Summary of
Features Added with Bar Tender
5.2 | |
- Data Validation & Error Checking
- Easier, More Flexible Data Sourcing
- Min & Max String Length Functions
- Improved, Easier VB Scripting
- Data Trimming/Truncation Functions
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Summary of
Features Added with Bar Tender
5.3 | |
5.3 was only released in "International" editions.
Therefore circular and arc text were not released in the
"domestic" (USA and Canada) editions until version 5.4 (see
below).
- Circular and Arc-Shaped Text
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Summary of
Features Added with Bar Tender
5.4 | |
Version
5.40 marked the first
release of our Professional Integrator edition, with new
and more powerful capabilities for running the Bar Tender with
other software, including:
- ActiveX Automation
- Data Detector
- Automated Printer Selection
- Print Job Logging
The four features listed above are available in the
Professional Integrator edition only. 5.4 also added
support for circular and arc text to all editions of the
Bar Tender. (5.3 already supported circular text but had
only been released internationally.)
Version
5.41, released in
mid-January 1999, added support for the Maxicode 2D bar
code symbology.
Version
5.42, released on May
25, 1999. Added support for QR Code and a number of
international postal codes. A Character Entry Assistant
simplifies the typing in and bar coding of control characters and
other special characters. Improved metric system
settings. Conversion from a view-only to a view and edit
status bar. Additional sample compliance label formats for
UPS shipping. Also adds the ability to save out label
designs to a format readable by older versions of the Bar
Tender.
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Summary of
Features Added with Bar Tender
6.0 | |
At last, the kind of powerful, flexible data connectivity you'd
expect to have to get from a dedicated reporting tool, such as
"Crystal Reports," instead of your label printing software.
Among the more powerful new features is simultaneous access to
multiple tables on different systems. So you can (for
example) query an Oracle database on a Unix server, a dBase table
on an NT server, and a straight text file on a local system –
all at the same time.
There's also a new Database Setup Wizard which brings a
remarkable new simplicity to the task of specifying which database
table(s) and fields you need to access. And our ActiveX
Automation interface has been expanded too. The new features
include...
Database Features:
- Database Setup Wizard
- New Record Picking Capabilities
- Multiple Table Support
- Read Multiple Databases
- On-Screen Browse of Databases, Tables and Fields
- Read Field Name Headers from Text Files
- Custom Delimitation of Text Files
- Define Queries with Data Entry and Validation at Print Time
- User-Definability of Entire SQL Statements
Enhancements to BarTenderīs ActiveX Automation
Capabilities:
- Single ActiveX Call for Writing Data to BarTender Label
Objects
- Access to New Database Features
- Extraction of Graphic Images of Labels
New Bar Code Symbology:
- Support for the "KIX" Postal Code
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