[Kde-announce-apps] KBarcode 2.0.5

[Dominik Seichter]

Name: KBarcode
Version: 2.0.5
Type: Printing
Depend: KDE 3.3.x
License: GPL
Homepage: http://www.kbarcode.net
More Info:
http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=9924

Description:
 KBarcode is a barcode and label printing
application for KDE. It can be used to print
everything from simple business cards up to
complex labels with several barcodes (e.g. article
descriptions).
 
KBarcode comes with an easy to use WYSIWYG label
designer, a setup wizard, batch import of data for
batch printing labels (directly from the delivery
note), thousands of predefined labels, database
management tools and translations in many
languages. Even printing more than 10.000 labels
in one go is no problem for KBarcode. Data for
printing can be imported from several different
data sources, including SQL databases, CSV files
and the KDE address book.
 
Additionally it is a simple barcode generator
(similar to the old xbarcode you might know). All
major types of barcodes like EAN, UPC, CODE39 and
ISBN are supported. Even complex 2D barcodes are
supported using third party tools. The generated
barcodes can be directly printed or you can export
them into images to use them in another
application.
 
KBarcode is free software released under the terms
of the GNU GPL.

Changelog:
 KBarcode 2.0.5:

KBarcode 2.0.5 brings many bug fixes and a greatly
improved data import wizard to KDE's favorite
barcode and label printing application. 
 
TBarcode2 detection was fixed in this release
along with checksum for TBarcode2. A major bug in
printing address labels from the KDE addressbook
was fixed. A new version of Barcode Writer in Pure
Postscript was added to this release, which brings
several new barcode types to KBarcode. Importing
data is now possible from fixed format files, too.
The import wizard was optimized to work on really
large data files. 
 
Please get KBarcode 2.0.5 from our downloads
section and report any problems you have with this
release.

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March 16, 2006 (The INTERNET). The KBarcode Team
is proud to announce the 
availability of the stable release 2.0.0 yof
KBarcode, the leading label 
printing and barcoding solution for KDE. 
 
Almost two years of development were put into the
second generation of 
KBarcode to make it more stable, more powerful and
easier to use. 
 
Notable changes include: 
 - Several data sources can be used to print
labels: 
 ~ KBarcodes SQL tables 
 ~ Custom SQL queries 
 ~ CSV files 
 ~ The KDE addressbook 
 - More supported barcode symbologies thanks to
the included barcode 
 backend "Barcode Writer in Pure Postscript". 
 - JavaScript support (for barcode values, text
fields and visibility 
 of components) 
 - Batch printing is now configured through a
wizard interface making 
 it a totally simple task 
 - Images can be loaded from a path constructed
from an expression 
 - Completely rewritten KBarcode Handbook in PDF
form 
 
Getting KBarcode 
================ 
 
KBarcode can be downloaded from our webpage
www.kbarcode.net in source 
and binary form. The KBarcode Handbook can also be
found on this page as well 
as screenshots of KBarcode and more information on
the project. 
 
What is KBarcode? 
================= 
 
KBarcode is a barcode and label printing
application for KDE. It can be used 
to print everything from simple business cards up
to complex labels with 
several barcodes (e.g. article descriptions). 
 
KBarcode comes with an easy to use WYSIWYG label
designer, a setup wizard, 
batch import of data for batch printing labels
(directly from the delivery 
note), thousands of predefined labels, database
management tools and 
translations in many languages. Even printing more
than 10.000 labels in one 
go is no problem for KBarcode. Data for printing
can be imported from several 
different data sources, including SQL databases,
CSV files and the KDE address 
book. 
 
Additionally it is a simple barcode generator
(similar to the old xbarcode you 
might know). All major types of barcodes like EAN,
UPC, CODE39 and ISBN are 
supported. Even complex 2D barcodes are supported
using third party tools. The 
generated barcodes can be directly printed or you
can export them into images 
to use them in another application. 
 
KBarcode is free software released under the terms
of the GNU GPL at:
http://www.kbarcode.net/fileadmin/user_upload/anouncement.pdf