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EngineFormat Property
See Also 
Leadtools.Forms.Ocr Namespace > IOcrDocumentManager Interface : EngineFormat Property



The EngineFormat Property is available as an add-on to the LEADTOOLS Document and Medical Imaging toolkits.

Gets or sets the name of the engine native format to use when saving OCR documents.

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration) 
Property EngineFormat As String
Visual Basic (Usage)Copy Code
Dim instance As IOcrDocumentManager
Dim value As String
 
instance.EngineFormat = value
 
value = instance.EngineFormat
C# 
string EngineFormat {get; set;}
C++/CLI 
property String^ EngineFormat {
   String^ get();
   void set (    String^ value);
}

Property Value

A System.String that indicates the name of the engine native format to use when saving OCR documents.

Example

For an example, refer to IOcrDocumentManager.

Remarks

Some of the OCR engines supported by LEADTOOLS (for example, the OcrEngineType.Plus and OcrEngineType.Professional supports saving the recognition result using the engine native save mechanism instead of the LEADTOOLS Document Writers. Use the GetEngineSupportedFormats method to get a list of the names of the native formats and the EngineFormat property to set the format to use when saving the results.

It is recommended that you use the LEADTOOLS Document Writers supported formats always when saving OCR recognition data. For more information refer to Leadtools.Forms.DocumentWriters.DocumentFormat. Support for native engine formats may be deprecated in later versions of LEADTOOLS.

To save the recognition results using the engine native format:

For more information on the various document formats supported by LEADTOOLS refer to Leadtools.Forms.DocumentWriters.DocumentFormat.

To get a list of all the engine native formats supported by this IOcrEngine, use GetEngineSupportedFormats.

To check if a particular engine native format is supported by this IOcrEngine, use IsEngineFormatSupported.

To get the file extension for a particular engine native format, use GetEngineFormatFileExtension.

To get a friendly name for a particular engine native format, use GetEngineFormatFriendlyName.

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

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