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Breaks easily, give font errors, can't upgrade, PowerPC only 



- Version: 6.11, 11/29/2007 11:59AM PST
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dzurnAfter installing my Intel Mac, I finally needed to run Bar Code Pro on it. It told me I have to install from the original disks. OK, I *kept* the 6.08 installer and ran it. This version finally ran, but it's just as buggy as the earlier 6 version.
I proceeded to "make" some barcodes in EPS format, similar to the hundreds we've done before. No errors reported, file seems to show up, OK let's keep going. Trouble was, the EPS files were completely EMPTY. Sheesh.
OK, I want to try to make PDF files instead. Smaller, place better in Indesign, etc. So I took the barcode I still had open and saved it as a PDF format. Woops! "Font error" after "font error," one error dialog for *every* font of the 300 on my Mac! Sheesh #2–302.
However, the second time (I aborted it the first time, and it forgot everything it knew) I clicked through 300 times to see if it would work. It did, finally, and produced a PDF file that seemed fine. After I turned off all but the essential fonts, it worked without an error. Why in the Blue Blazes did it need to scour all my fonts, erroring with a garbled dialog box? P*ss-poor programming IMHO.
I Tried to install the 6.11 upgrade from here, but it didn't work. Rather, the program now refuses to run and it tells me I need to install from the CD. Sheesh #303
I'll try to reinstall one more time, then a scathing email to the tech support people. I wouldn't otherwise bother but we sunk $500 into this turkey for 5 seats. And that's the upgrade price!
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Breaks easily, give font errors, can't upgrade, PowerPC only 



- Version: 6.11, 11/29/2007 11:59AM PST
dzurn
After copying over my apps to my Intel Mac, I finally needed to run Bar Code Pro. It told me I have to install from the original disks. OK, I *kept* the 6.08 installer and ran it. This version finally ran, but it's just as buggy as the earlier 6 version.
I proceeded to "make" some barcodes in EPS format, similar to the hundreds we've done before. No errors reported, file seems to show up, OK let's keep going. Trouble was, the EPS files were completely EMPTY. Sheesh.
OK, I want to try to make PDF files instead. Smaller, place better in Indesign, etc. So I took the barcode I still had open and saved it as a PDF format. Woops! "Font error" after "font error," one error dialog for *every* font of the 300 on my Mac! Sheeshes #2–302.
However, the second time (I aborted it the first time, and it forgot everything it knew) I clicked through 300 times to see if it would work. It did, finally, and produced a PDF file that seemed fine. After I turned off all but the essential fonts, it worked without an error. Why in the Blue Blazes did it need to scour all my fonts, erroring with a garbled dialog box? P*ss-poor programming IMHO. Sheesh #303.
I Tried to install the 6.11 upgrade from here, but it didn't work. Rather, the program now refuses to run and it tells me I need to install from the CD. Sheesh #304
I'll try to reinstall one more time, then a scathing email to the tech support people. I wouldn't otherwise bother but we sunk $500 into this turkey for 5 seats. And that's the upgrade price!
done its job. Price may be a bit excessive compared to the competition.
If anything I would like a setting where you can save favourites, so any
staff can come in and know what type of barcode certain clients use.
Works with my Intel Mac running 10.5.5