Barcode Settings Lost After Reopening Document

Barcode Settings Lost After Reopening Document

Important note for Microsoft Office users: After performing the Microsoft security update from June 9, 2010 barcode objects embedded in Word and Excel documents (TBarCode OCX) may lose their settings:

Security Update for Microsoft Office Word 2003 (KB982134) + Word 2007 (KB982135)
Security Update for Microsoft Office Word 2003 (KB2251399) + Word 2007 (KB2251419)

TBarCode OCX loses barcode settings when opening or saving documents in Word 97-2003 format. Note: The problem does not appear with Word 2007 format (*.DOCX).

Security Update for Microsoft Office Excel 2003 (KB982133) + Excel 2007 (KB982308)

After opening or saving Excel files in Excel 97-2003 format, TBarCode OCX can no longer be edited or programmed. Note: The problem does not appear with Excel 2007 format (*.XLSX).

Microsoft Access is not affected by this problem, further Office 2003 or 2007 programs can be impaired (details see MS 10-036).

Workaround

As intermediate workaround (to gain time in production critical applications) you can uninstall the above listed security updates (see KB numbers) at your own risk.

Remedies:

• TBarCode V9 users should update to TBarCode SDK V9.3.7 immediately: Update free of charge - download here. After updating please verify your barcodes and save the document!
• Users of Microsoft Office 2007 (Word, Excel) may want to update to TBarCode Office V10.1 (download here).
• Users of previous versions of TBarCode should update to TBarCode SDK V9.3.7 or alternatively to the upcoming version TBarCode SDK V10 (release in short, pre-release on request).

In case of update questions or for technical information please contact us.