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Summary

Atalasoft DotTwain by Atalasoft

Lightweight scanning control. Atalasoft DotTwain is a 100% managed .NET Windows Forms component that allows fast capturing of digital images from scanners, cameras and other devices supporting TWAIN. It utilizes the improvements of the TWAIN 1.9 specifications for ultra fast scanning. It works with .NET Bitmap objects and has no dependencies other than the .NET Framework. This is intended for a small footprint no-touch deployment over the Web or if you need scanning abilities without Atalasoft DotImage.

Scanning and Aquisition

DotTwain is a lightweight .NET scanning component that can be used for acquiring images directly to an in-memory image, a file, or posted to the web. Only one 172 kb assembly is required for deployment.

To add simple scanning to your applications, simply drop this component onto your form, and write one line of code.

[C#]

Bitmap bmp = this.acquisition.AcquireModal(false);

[Visual Basic]

Dim bmp As Bitmap = Me.acquisition.AcquireModal(False)

To add more advanced capabilities, including scanning from an automatic document feeder or acquiring multiple images from a camera, just handle the ImageAcquired event which is fired for each image that's acquired. The Device object includes over 70 properties that can be set to directly control the TWAIN driver when scanning images.

No COM Dependencies

Due to the lack of many vendors fully supporting .NET in their advanced components, developers have begun to accept COM as part their.NET applications with no other alternatives. This is against Microsoft's.NET philosophy which eliminates "DLL Hell", allows for easy and secure deployment, and uses a modern Object Oriented programming model. DotTwain fully adopts Microsoft's .NET philosophy without any COM dependencies, "X-Copy" deployment, and a modern object oriented design.

Web Deployment

DotTwain can be deployed over the web by being embedded into Internet Explorer, or part of a web-deployed Windows Form application.

Features:

Full context sensitive help and documentation

Object-oriented design; a TWAIN extension to the .NET Framework

Create a custom interface to scan images, or use the default TWAIN interface

Automatic Document Feeder support, with full control of the feeder operations

File system support for navigating the internal device memory

Acquire images directly to file utilizing compression algorithms supported by the device

A select region of the scanning bed to be acquired with frame support

Upload a scanned image to a server with the built in HTTP Post class

Supports Web Deployment ; Embed into an Internet Explorer Browser or deploy as a WinForms application

Simplified automatic capture allowing the device to quickly capture multiple images for later acquisition

Imprinter/Endorser methods allowing a text string ito be stamped onto the acquired image during the acquisition

Image dataset support enables acquisition of specific images from a camera in a single operation

Quickly find out what capabilities, compression modes, frame sizes, resolutions and more, are supported by a device

Over 70 properties to give total control over the image acquisition

What's New?

An AutoDiscardBlankPages property was added. For drivers that support this feature it will automatically skip scanned pages it believes to be blank

Added LoadXmlParameters and SaveXmlParameters methods. Theses methods can be used to save and restore device settings without the driver needing to support any special capability

PartNumbers: PC-514669-151146 514669-151146 PC-514669-151147 514669-151147 PC-514669-151149 514669-151149 PC-514669-151148 514669-151148

PurchaseOptions: Atalasoft DotTwain V6.0a SDK License 1 Developer License (includes 3 months Gold Support) , Atalasoft DotTwain V6.0a SDK License 1 Developer License with 1 year Gold Support , Atalasoft DotTwain V6.0a SDK License 1 Developer Gold Support/Support Renewal License , Atalasoft DotTwain V6.0a Server License (For Deployment Only - Requires an SDK Developer License) 1 Server 2 Core License (includes 3 months Gold Support)

Resources: Browse the Atalasoft DotImage Features Matrix Web page, Read the Atalasoft DotImage Developers Guide, Read the Atalasoft DotImage License Agreement, Download the Atalasoft DotImage V6.0a evaluation on to your computer - Expires after 30 days

Operating System for Deployment: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0

Architecture of Product: 32Bit

Product Type: Component

Component Type: .NET WinForms, 100% Managed Code

Built Using: Visual C# .NET

Compatible Containers: Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003, Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, Microsoft Visual Basic 2008, Microsoft Visual Basic 2005, Microsoft Visual Basic .NET 2003, Microsoft Visual Basic .NET, Microsoft Visual C++ 2008, Microsoft Visual C++ 2005, Microsoft Visual C++ .NET 2003, Microsoft Visual C++ .NET, Microsoft Visual C# 2008, Microsoft Visual C# 2005, Microsoft Visual C# .NET 2003, Microsoft Visual C# .NET, Delphi 7.0, C#Builder, .NET Framework 3.5, .NET Framework 3.0, .NET Framework 2.0, .NET Framework 1.1, .NET Framework 1.0

Product Class: User Interface Components

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