BarTender 2016
Customer reported issues and features that were added or improved in BarTender® 2016 are listed below.
BarTender 2016 R9
Bug Fixes
- Fixed critical malware vulnerabilities. Click here for more information.
- Fixed an issue that caused Integration and the BarTender Print Scheduler Service to fail when using Windows 10 version 1809 (and higher) or Server 2019
- Fixed an Integration performance issue when the "Prompt for data input" option is not enabled
- Made improvements to remove user account dependencies required to run BarTender
- Fixed an issue where double-byte characters display too wide or narrow depending on zoom level in BarTender Designer or print preview
BarTender 2016 R8
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue that caused incorrect line spacing older BarTender 9.4 documents using Chinese characters
- Fixed an issue that caused slow print times when run BTXML directly from BarTender
- Fixed an issue that caused 'No such host is known' error when connecting to Janner Waagen scales
- Fixed an issue that could cause field aliases in older BarTender documents to be dropped in BarTender 2016
- Fixed an issue that caused MySQL Databases to not appear in BarTender when the tables have an underscore in the name
- Fixed an issue that caused BarTender to show the incorrect weight when using Janner Waagen scales
- Fixed an issue that caused CDATA records to fail to map to text file database headers
- Fixed an issue that caused the conditional printing of layers to fail in rare circumstances
- Fixed an issue that would sometimes prevent updating serial numbers after printing
- Fixed an issue causing markup language containers to appear cutoff
- Fixed an issue that caused serialized copies to be wrong when pulling from a database field
- Miscellaneous bug fixes and performance improvements.
BarTender 2016 R7
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue that could prevent certain companion applications from opening when running languages other than English.
- Fixed an issue that could cause some database records not to print when using conditional layers in BarTender.
- Fixed and issue that could cause named data sources to become corrupt when saving documents to older versions of BarTender.
- Fixed a problem that was causing BarTender to erroneously show error messages when opening History Explorer and Reprint Console.
- Fixed a problem that was causing GS1 DataMatrix barcodes to show invalid character errors for some valid characters.
- Fixed a rare issue that could cause BarTender to crash when importing documents creating in older versions.
- Fixed a problem that could cause History Explore to not show that an electronic signature was not required, even though it was required.
- Fixed a problem that could BarTender to crash when deleting a large number of named data sources.
- Fixed a problem that could BarTender to crash when importing older documents with certain database connections.
- Fixed an issue that caused some Chinese characters not to show in History Explorer.
- Miscellaneous bug fixes and performance improvements.
BarTender 2016 R6
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue that caused some objects linked to serialized numbers to show the starting number, instead of the serialized number.
- Fixed a problem that could cause History Explorer to show that an invalid RFID value was supplied, when in fact the value was valid and encoded.
- Fixed a problem that could prevent some RFID data from being encoded.
- Fixed a problem that could cause Print Portal to show the wrong time based on the user’s time zone.
- Fixed an issue that could cause RFID encoding to fail under certain configurations.
- Fixed an issue that could cause the VBScript Format.Objects.Count method to fail.
- Fixed a problem that could cause an error when configuring a connection to the BarTender system database through the command line interface.
- Miscellaneous bug fixes and performance improvements.
BarTender 2016 R5
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a problem that could cause incorrect date offsets to be applied when using documents created in older versions.
- Fixed some performance issues that could cause slow printing under certain circumstances.
- Fixed an issue that would sometimes cause BarTender to ignore database headers when printing through the .NET SDK.
- Fixed an issue that could cause RFID Range Permalock to not be saved in the BarTender document.
- Fixed some issues that could cause BarTender system database maintenance to fail unexpectedly.
- Fixed some issues that could cause BarTender system database maintenance to fail unexpectedly.
- Improved the way the Print Portal handles user specific printer permissions when using user-based authentication.
- Miscellaneous bug fixes and performance improvements.
BarTender 2016 R4
New Features
- Updated translations for the BarTender help system into French, German, Spanish, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese. Newly translated help systems include:
- Administration Console
- Integration Builder
- BarTender VB Script
- Print Station
- Documentation for the Print Scheduler Client API
- SQL Server Express 2005 is replaced by SQL Server Express 2012
- The Print Portal App (for the Enterprise Automation Edition) now supports printing to Zebra LinkOS printers:
- Bluetooth printing to LinkOS printers on iOS
- Real-time status monitoring of LinkOS printers during the printing process
Bug Fixes
- Bug fixes in response to specific customer issues
BarTender 2016 R3
New Features
- Database support for Firebird, MySQL and PostgreSQL
- Ability to add metadata to BarTender documents, viewable in both BarTender and Windows Explorer
- New “duplicate” options allow easy copy/pasting of selected objects
- New scaling options allow easy bulk modification of selected objects
- Better print performance when using Rich Text objects — up to 20x faster rendering
- Support for selecting the encoding for IDoc files
- User interface language can now be set per user
- More options added for label and image export, such as quick export and the ability to set default export options
- New Integration Builder features, including new actions, new cloud storage support for Amazon S3 and Microsoft OneDrive, as well as the ability to add attachments using the Send Email action
- Medical device compliance tools: HIBC 2D barcode and UDI sample label
Bug Fixes
- Bug fixes in response to specific customer issues
BarTender 2016 R2
New Features
- Integration Builder actions can now be executed conditionally
Bug Fixes
- Bug fixes in response to specific customer issues
BarTender 2016 R1
New Features
- Please see the BarTender 2016 What's New White paper