The latest version of Aspose.BarCode for .NET 17.4.0 has been released. The major development in this release is the improved functionality of GS1 coded barcode. Many time GS1 code texts contain complex combination of digits and letters. Functionality of the GS1 barcode has been upgraded in such a way that it can parse and validate those complex combinations. Functionality of QR coded barcode recognition has also been improved and incorporated in this release. Aspose.BarCode for .NET allows developers to generate GS1 coded barcode according to AI (Application Identifier) specifications. Checksum calculation and validation for many AI specifications have been implemented. For example, consider code text “(703)123”, which is an incorrect code text (ref: 703 AI, with letters – 324a, with more than 4 symbols). Aspose.BarCode will throw following exception if user tries to generate the barcode with EncodeTypes as GS1Code128. Algorithm to detect QR coded barcode has been improved. Its targets detection logic has been updated. QR coded barcode can now be detected in combination with MaxQuality mode for better accuracy. This month’s release also includes few bug fixes that were reported by Aspose customers in the previous release, such as Recognition process of QR barcode in MaxBarCodes mode and Functionality of ExportToXml method has been improved. ExportToXml method now export dimension properties along with other properties of the newly define barcode into XML file.