LEAD TECHNOLOGIES RELEASES INTERNET IMAGING PRO

Charlotte, NC (February 6) - LEAD Technologies, Inc., a LEADing provider of imaging developer toolkits worldwide, announces the release of LEADTOOLS Internet Imaging Pro. The Internet Imaging Pro toolkit provides all the comprehensive imaging functionality found in the popular LEADTOOLS Raster Imaging Pro, but with a COM interface.

"With this product, LEAD is providing imaging technology in an Internet specific toolkit. LEADTOOLS now has a new COM interface to allow developers, particularly Internet developers, to leverage powerful imaging functionality while keeping redistribution requirements to a minimum," stated LEAD Developer, Ike Starnes.

In the new Internet Imaging toolkit, LEAD's highly acclaimed Main OCX has been split into small COM Objects and ActiveX controls. Each COM object has minimal DLL requirements, including no MFC requirement. New HTTP and FTP functions have been added as well as new "Internet commands". Internet Imaging Pro contains support for all of the technologies found in the LEADTOOLS Raster Imaging Engine including Image Processing (Transforms, Filters, Drawing, Region of Interest), TWAIN Scanning, Color Conversion, Display, Special Effects, (choose from more than 2000 effects), Compression, Image Format (import/export), Printing, Database imaging, and Imaging Common Dialogs.

Key Features of Internet Imaging

• Allows Client/Server development over the Internet or LAN - LEADTOOLS provides a framework for sending /receiving imaging "Internet commands" (LOAD, SAVE, CREATEWIN, etc.) from one computer to another.
• Control Image processing remotely - Allows for creation of "remote control" type applications where image processing can take place on a remote computer.
• Small COM objects and ActiveX controls - Internet enable your application by adding LEADTOOLS Raster imaging functionality while maintaining low redistribution requirements.
• New HTTP and FTP functionality - Provides programmatic control of FTP & HTTP servers.
  
• Upload Control - For receiving uploaded files in an HTTP server (ASP script).

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About LEAD Technologies, Inc.
Founded in 1990, LEAD grew out of years of research headed by Moe Daher to find a comprehensive compression standard for digital images. LEAD is now the world-leading supplier of imaging development toolkits, providing technology of the future, today. LEAD brings to the market the most innovative and technically superior products that provide the greatest possible value for its customers. LEAD’s award winning imaging technology is chosen by Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, Intel, Boeing, Xerox and thousands of other companies for use in their high volume applications and internal systems.