Programming Interfaces of LEADTOOLS

The Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation environment provides a consistent programming model for building applications. Directly related to XAML, it provides a clear separation between business logic and the user interface, enabling you to build applications that blend the user interface, documents, images, and other content for delivery on the desktop or across-the-web. That is, business logic models developed by business analysts, marketing departments, or end users (using XAML plug-ins) can be used natively as application front-ends. This eliminates the need for coding (or re-coding) from "storyboards," instead allowing for direct collaboration among web developers, art departments, business analysts, and back-end programmers.

Win32 (x86) and Win64 (x64) WPF Standard .NET is included in LEADTOOLS Imaging toolkit. WPF Standard .NET and WPF Pro are included in the LEADTOOLS Imaging Pro, Document, Multimedia, and Medical toolkits.

The Microsoft® .NET Framework is an important component of the Microsoft Windows® family of operating systems. It is the foundation of the next generation of Windows-based applications that are easier to build, deploy, and integrate with other networked systems. Includes a converter class for using LEADTOOLS in WPF based applications (includes sample applications). COM Wrapper for .NET allows you access to incorporate full LEADTOOLS .NET platform functionality into your COM applications. Additional demos and tutorials show how to use the COM Wrapper in VB 6.0.

LEAD offers managed .NET classes for Win32 (x86) and Win64 (x64) in the following LEADTOOLS products: Imaging Pro, Document Imaging, and Medical Imaging.

The LEADTOOLS C DLL is the lowest level of LEADTOOLS programming available. This lower level offers the most flexibility, the greatest speed and the least overhead of any of the developer interfaces available for LEADTOOLS. LEADTOOLS API now has full character set support (UNICODE and ANSI) in a single library.

Win32 (x86) and Win64 (x64) C DLL's are included in the LEADTOOLS Imaging Pro, Document, Multimedia, Vector and Medical toolkits.

C++ is a general-purpose object-oriented programming language and is intended to be an improved C with object capabilities. C++ Objects or classes encapsulate lower level functionality into a higher level interface that facilitates in shortening development time and creating maintainable code. LEADTOOLS C++ now has full character set support (UNICODE and ANSI) in a single library.

Win32 (x86) and Win64 (x64) C++ Classes are included in the LEADTOOLS Imaging Pro, Document, Multimedia, Vector and Medical toolkits.

The Component Object Model (COM) is the underlying architecture that forms the foundation for higher-level software services, like those provided by OLE and ActiveX. COM objects include many of features of ActiveX that makes it easy to use, but does not include the extra overhead required by ActiveX. COM Wrapper for .NET allows you access to incorporate full LEADTOOLS .NET platform functionality into your COM applications. Additional demos and tutorials show how to use the COM Wrapper in VB 6.0.

COM controls are included with the LEADTOOLS Imaging Pro, Document, Multimedia, Vector and Medical toolkits.

ActiveX was developed as a proposed standard by Microsoft in the mid 1990s is built on Microsoft's Component Object Model (COM). Currently, ActiveX is used primarily to develop interactive content for the World Wide Web, although it can be used in desktop applications and other applications. ActiveX controls can be embedded in Web pages to produce animation and other multimedia effects, interactive objects, and sophisticated applications.

ActiveX controls are included in LEADTOOLS Imaging Pro, Document, Multimedia, Vector and Medical toolkits.