New in ClearImage 8

ClearImage 8

ClearImage 8 (CI 8) is a major release that reflects 20 years of development experience and customer feedback.

Customers using ClearImage since ClearImage 5 will find that their applications continue to work without change.
Inlite has kept the API stable for over 10 years.
Only the software has changed. The licenses remain in effect and do not need to be touched.

Multi-threading support for all APIs
Java API and sample code (under Windows)
Intelligent Barcode Decoding. Present barcode text in any language. Automatically decompress Adobe® LiveCycle®. identify popular data formats.
Targeted Barcode Reader architecture to read specialized or severely damaged barcodes. More information is See here.
Web API Barcode Reader to read barcodes from Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android. More information is here.

New installer. Much smaller installer and quicker installation. Batch registration support.
VM and Cloud VM installation support
Inlite Control Center (ICC) integrates licensing, version control, feature configuration, development projects and support requests
License updates activation does not require restart of application or service.
Supports for Windows 8, 10 and Windows Server 2012, 2016

For development: download the latest SDK from the website
For production: contact Inlite to obtain the latest PDK. The site must be under support in order to receive this PDK. Multiple versions can be installed on the same system side-by-side and switched in ICC.
New licensees will receive the ClearImage 8 PDK.

Existing ClearImage 7 (CI 7) licenses can be upgrades to ClearImage 8 (CI 8) at a discount.
Please contact Inlite sales.

Upgrade to CI 8 licenses does not require changes to application code
Use of new CI 8 features (like Target Barcode Reader) requires upgrade to CI 8 license.
CI 8 runtime works with both CI 7 and CI 8 licenses.
CI 7 runtime works only with CI 7 licenses.