TransBar update from version 1, 2, 3 or 4

TransBar updates do not require the presence of an old version on the computer to be equipped, and preserve this old version when it exists. The installation of an update is therefore confused with a first installation, the only precautions concerning:

• some barcode fonts delivered with TransBar 3, so until August 2011
• all barcode fonts delivered with TransBar 2 and TransBar 1, so from January 1993 until March 2003 or May 1999

TransBar 3 fonts

The fonts provided with TransBar 3 were in PostScript and TrueType formats, while those provided with TransBar 5 and 4 are in OpenType-TrueType technology. These TransBar 3 fonts remain compatible with TransBar 5, except that the Code 128 fonts have been renamed to make their usage easier to understand; it is therefore advisable to install their new versions but it is not an obligation:

• old fonts C28XxxA (old "Type A transcription") have been renamed C128TxxB to match the new naming of this encoding "Code 128 set B only"
• new C128TxxA fonts are provided to match the new "Code 128 set A only" encoding
• to avoid any confusion in this evolution, the names of Code 128 fonts no longer begin with C28, but with C128. Thus the font C28T36C becomes C128T36C and corresponds to the encoding "Code 128 set C only". Thus the font C28T36N becomes C128T36N and corresponds to the coding "Code 128 sets A, B and C optimized"

TransBar 1 or 2 fonts

Warning! Upgrading from TransBar 1 or 2 makes it mandatory to replace old barcode fonts, (whose name ended in "fz") by the new OpenType-TrueType fonts included in TransBar 5.