Release Notes for MECCA 2000 version 5.37.  Nov/14/2019


Fixed:

1. QR code support added in the last release did not properly load
   default ECL from barcodes.ini setup file (m2kbin, qr2d.tcl).

2. When printing 2D barcode, typdrv did not always obtain the correct
   image dimensions, which caused occasional printing error (typdrv).

3. 64-bit version release included incorrect version of ftolg (ftolg).

4. The galey composer core-dumped if MFORM markup command contains only
   figure reference(s) and no merge text data (galeyc).

5. The preview program did not properly handle filled area components.
   Line style merging has also been improved (preview).


Changed/New:

1. Added PDF417 2D barcode (bar2d.tcl, pdf417.tcl, tclIndex, m2kbin, typdrv,
   gpcdump, acknowledgment, pdf417lib-c-0.91.zip).

2. Added support for 2 more keywords in barcodes.ini, for Datamatrix and
   QR Code (m2kbin) -- please note the quote marks are required:

   "Background"="value"

      -- where "value" is 1, Y or ON (default if "Background" not
         provided), any other value to turn off background printing.

   "NL"="value"

      -- where "value" is NL (default if "NL" not provided) or CRNL.

   This release includes the above in the section added for PDF417.  But
   customers will need to manually add those into Datamatrix and QR sections
   (in barcodes.ini) with desired settings.

3. MBARCODE markup command has the following keywords added (galeyc):

   LAYER=N     -- optional layer assignment for the bars.
   BKGLAYER=N  -- optional layer assignment for background.
   FORMORN=N   -- inform that the referenced FORM is rotated by N degrees,
                  N is one of 90, 180, and 270.

4. The "frmpos" program has a new option: -vN which specifies that any
   barcode found on the "merge text layer" is to be skipped, but mark it as
   data point number N in the output FP file (frmpos).