ORPALIS has released a new medium version of its Document Imaging SDK flagship product GdPicture.NET 9, which now features a 2D barcode generator.

Muret, France, March 5th, 2012.

GdPicture.NET 9.4 includes important features such as barcode encoders for 2D barcodes (QrCode, DataMatrix and PDF417), a lot of new code snippets for an even more comprehensive documentation and numerous annotations functionalities requested by customers. Existing features have been improved in terms of speed (barcode reading, image decoding) and accuracy (filters, PDF text extraction).

What’s new in GdPicture.NET version 9.4?

  • New QrCode barcode encoder for image & PDF.
  • New DataMatrix barcode encoder for image & PDF.
  • New PDF417 barcode encoder for image & PDF.
  • New Sauvola local adaptive thresholding method with contrast normalization.
  • Bitonal image filters speed enhancement.
  • Unicode support for the QRCode reader engine added.
  • Improvement of the Gaussian filter.
  • Optional drop shadow effect to the GdPicture.XMP annotation added.
  • Improvements of 1D & 2D barcode reading speed and accuracy.
  • New function for counting the number of unique colors in an image.
  • Horizontal and vertical alignment support in AnnotationText objects.
  • SquaredBox property for AnnotationRectangle, AnnotationRectangleHighlighter and AnnotationEllipse objects added.
  • Improvements of the internal Image decoding engine.
  • PDF text extraction and annotation support improved.
  • Battery of minor bug fixes.
  • Documentation enhancements and lots of new code snippets.

The upgrade to this medium release is free for owners of a GdPicture.NET 9 license.
Owners of version 7 and 8 licenses can buy the upgrade to version 9 directly on the GdPicture website at the Order page.
For any other kind of upgrade, the GdPicture Sales Team can be contacted through the Helpdesk or via the Quick Contact Form.

The download of GdPicture.NET 9.4 is available on the GdPicture website at the Download page.

Requests for a free 30 days evaluation key are made on the Evaluation page.

About ORPALIS

ORPALIS is creator, developer and owner of the comprehensive document imaging toolkit series released under the brand « GdPicture », which is now a worldwide known and respected leader in imaging technologies. More than 12,000 developers based in over 70 countries include GdPicture components in their applications. In 2011 ORPALIS releases PaperScan, marking the beginning of a new line of products meant for end-users. PDF Reducer is launched in 2013. www.orpalis.com / www.gdpicture.com

Contact Information

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