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Get a Fast Twain Scan from a Scanner

Take the following steps to start a project and to add some code to find the fastest configuration for your scanner using the LEADTOOLS Fast TWAIN feature:
  1. Start Visual Studio .NET.
  2. Choose File->New->Project… from the menu.
  3. In the New Project dialog box, choose either "Visual C# Projects" or "Visual Basic Projects" in the Projects Type List, and choose "Windows Application " in the Templates List.
  4. Type the project name as "GetFastTwainScan" in the Project Name field, and then choose OK. If desired, type a new location for your project or select a directory using the Browse button, and then choose OK .
  5. In the "Solution Explorer" window, right-click on the "References" folder, and select "Add Reference…" from the context menu. In the "Add Reference" dialog box, select the ".NET" tab and browse to Leadtools For .NET "<LEADTOOLS_INSTALLDIR>\Bin\DotNet\Win32 " folder and select the following DLLs:
    • Leadtools.dll
    • Leadtools.Twain.dll
    • Leadtools.Codecs.dll
    • Leadtools.WinForms.dll
    Click the Select button and then press the OK button to add the above DLLs to the application.
  6. Go to the toolbox (View->Toolbox) and Drag and drop 3 instances of Button control to the top of the form and set the following properties for them:
    Text Name
    Select Source buttonSelectSource
    Find Fast Config buttonFindFastConfig
    Acquire Fast Config buttonAcquireFastConfig
  7. Switch to Form1 code view (right-click Form1 in the solution explorer then select View Code ) and add the following lines at the beginning of the file:

    [Visual Basic]
                 
                Imports Leadtools
                Imports Leadtools.Twain
                Imports Leadtools.Codecs
                Imports Leadtools.WinForms
                
    
    [C#]
                 
                using Leadtools;
                using Leadtools.Twain;
                using Leadtools.Codecs;
                using Leadtools.WinForms;
                
    
  8. Declare the following private variable:

    [Visual Basic]
                 
                Private WithEvents twnSession As TwainSession
                Private fastConfigResult As TwainFindFastConfigurationResult
                
    
    [C#]
                 
                private TwainSession twnSession;
                private TwainFindFastConfigurationResult fastConfigResult;
                
    
  9. Add an event handler to the Form1 Load event and code it as follows:

    [Visual Basic]
                Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
                   Try
                      ' Unlock Document support.
                      ' Note that this is a sample key, which will not work in your toolkit.
                      RasterSupport.SetLicense(RasterSupportType.Document, "TestKey")
                      twnSession = new TwainSession
                      twnSession.Startup(Me, "manufacturer", "productFamily", "version", "application", TwainStartupFlags.None)
                   Catch ex As Exception
                      MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
                   End Try
                End Sub   
                
    
    [C#]
                 
                private void Form1_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
                {
                   try
                   {
                      // Unlock Document support.
                      // Note that this is a sample key, which will not work in your toolkit.
                      RasterSupport.SetLicense(RasterSupportType.Document, "TestKey");
                      twnSession = new TwainSession();
                      twnSession.Startup(this, "manufacturer", "productFamily", "version", "application", TwainStartupFlags.None);
                   }
                   catch (Exception ex)
                   {
                      MessageBox.Show(this, ex.Message);
                   }
                }
                
    
  10. Add an event handler to the Form1 Closing event and code it as follows:

    [Visual Basic]
                Private Sub Form1_FormClosing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.FormClosingEventArgs) Handles Me.FormClosing
                   Try
                      twnSession.Shutdown()
                   Catch ex As Exception
                      MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
                   End Try
                End Sub   
                
    
    [C#]
                private void Form1_FormClosing(object sender, FormClosingEventArgs e)
                {
                   try
                   {
                      twnSession.Shutdown();
                   }
                   catch (Exception ex)
                   {
                      MessageBox.Show(this, ex.Message);
                   }
                }
                
    
  11. Add an event handler to the buttonSelectSource Click event and code it as follows:

    [Visual Basic]
                 
                Private Sub buttonSelectSource_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles buttonSelectSource.Click
                   Try
                      twnSession.SelectSource(String.Empty)
                   Catch ex As Exception
                      MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
                   End Try
                End Sub   
                
    
    [C#]
                private void buttonSelectSource_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
                {
                   try
                   {
                     twnSession.SelectSource(string.Empty);
                   }
                   catch (Exception ex)
                   {
                      MessageBox.Show(this, ex.Message);
                   }
                }
                
    
  12. Add an event handler to the buttonFindFastConfig Click event and code it as follows:

    [Visual Basic]
                 
                Private Sub buttonFindFastConfig_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles buttonFindFastConfig.Click
                   Try
                      twnSession.EnableFastConfigurationEvent = False
                      fastConfigResult = twnSession.FindFastConfiguration("C:\Users\Public\Documents\LEADTOOLS Images", TwainFastUserInterfaceFlags.Show Or TwainFastUserInterfaceFlags.UseThread, 8, 5, Nothing)
                   Catch ex As Exception
                      MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
                   End Try
                End Sub   
                
    
    [C#]
                private void buttonFindFastConfig_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
                {
                   try
                   {
                      twnSession.EnableFastConfigurationEvent = false;
                      fastConfigResult = twnSession.FindFastConfiguration(@"C:\Users\Public\Documents\LEADTOOLS Images", TwainFastUserInterfaceFlags.Show | TwainFastUserInterfaceFlags.UseThread, 8, 5, null);
                   }
                   catch (Exception ex)
                   {
                      MessageBox.Show(this, ex.Message);
                   }
                }
                
    
  13. Add an event handler to the buttonAcquireFastConfig Click event and code it as follows:

    [Visual Basic]
                Private Sub buttonAcquireFastConfig_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles buttonAcquireFastConfig.Click
                   Try
                      twnSession.EnableAcquireMultiPageEvent = False
                      twnSession.AcquireFast("C:\Users\Public\Documents\LEADTOOLS Images\test", _
                                             TwainFastUserInterfaceFlags.Show, _
                                             fastConfigResult.Best.TransferMechanism, _
                                             fastConfigResult.Best.ImageFormat, _
                                             fastConfigResult.Best.BitsPerPixel, _
                                             True, _
                                             fastConfigResult.Best.BufferSize, _
                                             True)
                   Catch ex As Exception
                      MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
                   End Try
                End Sub   
                
    
    [C#]
                private void buttonAcquireFastConfig_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
                {
                   try
                   {
                      twnSession.EnableAcquireMultiPageEvent = false;
                      twnSession.AcquireFast(@"C:\Users\Public\Documents\LEADTOOLS Images\test",
                           TwainFastUserInterfaceFlags.Show,
                           fastConfigResult.Best.TransferMechanism,
                           fastConfigResult.Best.ImageFormat,
                           fastConfigResult.Best.BitsPerPixel,
                           true,
                           fastConfigResult.Best.BufferSize,
                           true);
                   }
                   catch (Exception ex)
                   {
                      MessageBox.Show(this, ex.Message);
                   }
                }
                
    
  14. Build, and Run the program to test it.

 

 


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