Charlotte, NC (April 1, 2008) - Today, LEAD Technologies, Inc. announced the release of the first imaging specific WPF SDK, with WPF functionality in our LEADTOOLS product line.

LEADTOOLS WPF Module is available to be added on to LEADTOOLS Raster Imaging Pro and up. With this new release, LEAD has created LEADTOOLS for WPF and LEADTOOLS for WPF Express. 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.

"LEADTOOLS for WPF takes full advantage of The WPF framework, to provide you with out-of-the-box support for displaying, loading, saving, converting or processing all image formats supported by the Microsoft Windows BitmapSource class in the WPF environment, as well as the 150+ formats supported by LEADTOOLS Raster Imaging toolkits", stated Rich Little, LEAD Technologies' President.

New WPF Imaging SDKs in v15:

LEADTOOLS for WPF Express includes everything a designer or developer needs to start adding imaging elements to WPF applications, including a WPF Viewer that supports the Microsoft .NET BitmapSource object. It also includes full documentation for all Windows Presentation Foundation functionality supported by all LEADTOOLS products.

LEADTOOLS for WPF Standard contains full featured versions of the WPF Viewer and ImageList controls, Bitmap Effects, and 40+ WIC Codecs.

LEADTOOLS WPF Module leverages the features and power of LEADTOOLS 15 including OCR, image processing and all of the other features available in LEADTOOLS 15.  It includes everything from Standard plus a RasterImageViewer control that has support for the LEADTOOLS 15 RasterImage class and Load/Save methods.

Developers can harness the robust power of LEADTOOLS extensive file format support and image processing features, while taking advantage of the newest UI development features provided by WPF. LEADTOOLS includes WPF source code examples making the integration of many years of LEADTOOLS imaging expertise into the latest Microsoft WPF technology a simple task.

Availability and Pricing
LEADTOOLS v.15 SDKs are available for immediate purchase through the LEADTOOLS website or by calling LEAD sales at 704-332-5532. Purchase may also be made through one of LEAD's authorized resellers or distributors.

Full Imaging evaluation toolkits are available free of charge from LEAD's website http://www.leadtools.com

About LEAD Technologies
Since 1990, LEAD Technologies, Inc. has been a global leader in the imaging developer toolkit market, providing programmers with feature-rich tools to “image-enable” their software applications. LEAD Technologies pioneered the fastest software-only image compression and continues to lead the field in advancing new imaging technologies and offering those technologies to programmers world wide.

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LEADTOOLS Sales: 704-332-5532 | sales@leadtools.com
LEADTOOLS Support: 704-372-9681 | support@leadtools.com

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