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SaveXml(OcrXmlOutputOptions) Method
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options
A combination of one or more OcrXmlOutputOptions enumeration members that specify the XML generation options.

The SaveXml(OcrXmlOutputOptions) Method is available as an add-on to the LEADTOOLS Document and Medical Imaging toolkits.

options
A combination of one or more OcrXmlOutputOptions enumeration members that specify the XML generation options.
Converts the cumulated recognition result stored in the pages of this OCR document and returns it as XML data.

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration) 
Overloads Function SaveXml( _
   ByVal options As OcrXmlOutputOptions _
) As String
Visual Basic (Usage)Copy Code
Dim instance As IOcrDocument
Dim options As OcrXmlOutputOptions
Dim value As String
 
value = instance.SaveXml(options)
C# 
string SaveXml( 
   OcrXmlOutputOptions options
)
C++/CLI 
String^ SaveXml( 
   OcrXmlOutputOptions options
) 

Parameters

options
A combination of one or more OcrXmlOutputOptions enumeration members that specify the XML generation options.

Return Value

A System.String object containing the XML data.

Example

This example recognize a page then process the result XML data.

Remarks

To save the output document as XML to a disk file or a .NET stream, use IOcrDocument.SaveXml(string fileName, OcrXmlOutputOptions options) and IOcrDocument.SaveXml(Stream stream, OcrXmlOutputOptions options).

Each IOcrPage object in the Pages collection of this IOcrDocument object holds its recognition data internally. This data is used by this method to generate the final output document.

Typical OCR operation using the IOcrEngine involves starting up the engine. Creating a new IOcrDocument object using the IOcrDocumentManager.CreateDocument method before adding the pages into it and perform either automatic or manual zoning. Once this is done, you can use the IOcrPage.Recognize method of each page to collect the recognition data and store it internally in the page. After the recognition data is collected, you use the various IOcrDocument.Save methods to save the document to its final format as well as IOcrDocument.SaveXml to save as XML.

You can also use the IOcrPage.RecognizeText method to recognize and return the recognition data as a simple System.String object.

You can use IOcrDocument.SaveXml as many times as required to save the document to multiple formats. You can also continue to add and recognize pages (through the IOcrPage.Recognize method after you save the document.

For each IOcrPage that is not recognized (the user did not call IOcrPage.Recognize and the value of the page IOcrPage.IsRecognized is still false) the IOcrDocument will insert an empty page into the final document.

To get the low level recognition data including the recognized characters and their confidence, use IOcrPage.GetRecognizedCharacters instead.

The IOcrDocument interface implements System.IDisposable, hence you must dispose the IOcrDocument object as soon as you are finished using it. Disposing an IOcrDocument object will free all the pages stored inside its IOcrDocument.Pages collection.

Requirements

Target Platforms: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 family, Windows Server 2008 family, Windows Vista, Windows 7

See Also

SaveXml(OcrXmlOutputOptions) requires an OCR module license and unlock key. For more information, refer to: Imaging Pro/Document/Medical Features