Released: Apr 28, 2026

Updates in V26.4

Features

• Added 'AllowShortBarcodes' to BarcodeReader.
• Improved Postal barcodes recognition engine.

Released: Apr 2, 2026

Updates in V26.3

Features

• Previously, automatic encoding detection was only supported for QR Code. Starting from this release, encoding detection is available for all supported 2D barcode types:
  • Aztec.
  • DataMatrix.
  • Macro Pdf417.
  • Pdf417.
  • Micro Pdf417.
  • QR.
  • Micro QR.
  • Compact Pdf417.
  • MaxiCode.
  • DotCode.
  • HanXin.
  • RectMicroQR.

Fixes

• Fixed bug in 'ExtendedCodetext' mode in QR encoder.
• When reading barcodes from PDF, barcode is not recognized.
• Fixed problem with recognition of EAN barcodes while barcode read type is set to...

Released: Feb 1, 2026

Updates in V26.1

Features

• Exposed BarCodeReader.GetBarCodeDecodeType() as a public method.

Released: Jan 13, 2026

Updates in V25.12

Features

• Added support for new QualitySettings structure to MicroQR engine.
• Added support for new QualitySettings structure to Pdf417 and MicroPdf417 barcode engines.
• Added support for new QualitySettings structure to MaxiCode barcode engine.
• Optimized Han Xin recognition speed.
• Reviewed and updated API.

Released: Dec 2, 2025

Updates in V25.11

Features

• Improved recognition performance of inverted barcodes.
• Implemented support for US Driving License format.

Released: Sep 24, 2025

Updates in V25.9

Features

• Improved Aztec recognition performance on mobile devices.
• Optimized 2D barcode recognition and changed the recognition algorithm of GS1CompositeBar.

Released: Aug 26, 2025

Updates in V25.8

Features

• Improved Pdf417 recognition performance on mobile devices.
• Optimized Han Xin recognition speed.

Released: Jul 23, 2025

Updates in V25.7

Features

• Added ability to save text as a graphic path when exporting to PDF format. This allows barcode text to be rendered as vector shapes, which improves compatibility with systems that do not embed fonts.
• Improved 'MBaseProcessor' recognition performance on mobile devices.
• Improved Interleaved2of5 recognition performance on mobile devices.
• Refined list of 'MostCommonTypes' and set as default.

Fixes

• Unable to recognize Code39 barcode.
• Barcode recognition performance slowdown between 23.9 and...

Released: Jun 23, 2025

Updates in V25.6

Features

• Improved Code 128 recognition performance.
• Made enhancements to descriptions and code examples.

Fixes

• GS1 DataMatrix: "Incorrect value 129 for C40 Shift" error.

Released: May 29, 2025

Updates in V25.5

Features

• Improved quality of 1D barcodes recognition on dataset.

Fixes

• Certain pharmacode image is not recognized.