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BinaryKits / BinaryKits.Zpl

BinaryKits.Zpl a set of .net libraries. The project supports you in the simple creation of zebra labels. It generates the ZPL data, it is a printer description language from Zebra Technologies. ZPL II is now emulated by many label printers from different manufacturers. So with this implementation you can create labels for most printers.
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.NET 8 Support for MaxiCode / UPS Barcodes #254

Open DSpirit opened 2 weeks ago

DSpirit commented 2 weeks ago

Hey there,

first of all many thanks for this repository - we saved a lot of time using it. As time goes on, we are preparing to upgrade to .NET 8. However, as we serve UPS labels I stumbled upon the System.Drawing dependency using the Zint lib for Maxicodes.

I had a look into the code and recognized a strong dependency to the Graphics object in the MaxiCodeElementDrawer.cs, assuming this would be a breaking change for .NET 8.

Are there any plans / workarounds to continue viewing MaxiCode labels using .NET 8? Afaik the libgdi+ dependency won't be available for .NET 8 projects, so I was wondering if and how this project will handle future implementations.

Sorry if I'm mixing things up, I'm quite new to this topic.

primo-ppcg commented 2 weeks ago

System.Drawing dependency using the Zint lib for Maxicodes.

That is unfortunate. We may need to find an alternative moving forward.