LEADTOOLS Getting Started

Sample Programs

LEADTOOLS supports your programming endeavors with thousands of code snippets, function examples, tutorials, and demo programs.

Demo Programs

LEADTOOLS demo programs showcase LEADTOOLS core features, and demonstrate some of the simple, yet powerful applications that can be produced with LEADTOOLS. All LEADTOOLS demos come in C# and VB.NET versions.

Demo Executables

LEADTOOLS demo executables show and allow you to manipulate basic toolkit functionality through a simple user interface. Demo executables are found on the installation path in the appropriate platform subdirectory of the \BIN\ folder (for example: C:\LEADTOOLS xx\Bin\DotNet\).

Demo Project Source Code

LEADTOOLS includes complete demo project source code for hundreds of LEADTOOLS features, (including those shown in demo executables). This enables you to see, manipulate, and copy demonstrated program functionality. Demo project source code is found on the installation path in the appropriate platform subdirectory of the \EXAMPLES\ folder (for example, C:\LEADTOOLS xx\Examples\DotNet\).

For Example:

The Main Demo shows the common functionality in the LEADTOOLS for .NET toolkit. It allows you to load/save images in the various image formats supported by LEADTOOLS as well perform image processing operations on them.
The Annotation Automation Demo shows how to use the LEADTOOLS automated mode annotations to mark up images.
The Barcode Demo shows how to read and write barcode symbols.
The Virtual Printer Driver Demo shows how to install and register a LEADTOOLS virtual printer, receive print jobs, and save them as various document formats using the LEADTOOLS Document Writers.
The OCR Main Demo shows how to use the LEADTOOLS OCR engines to recognize text from document images and save the results as various document formats using the LEADTOOLS Document Writers..
The Forms Recognition Demo shows how to recognize and process forms.
The DICOM Dataset Demo shows how to load, save, display and edit DICOM datasets.
The DICOM High Level Client Demo shows how to implement DICOM Query, Retrieve, Store, Echo, Move using LEADTOOLS PACS components.
The DICOM PACS Server Manager provides a management UI for creating DICOM SCP services using the LEADTOOLS PACS addins.
The Medical Viewer Demo shows how to use the LEADTOOLS Medical Viewer control to display medical images with various layouts and high-level UI tools.
The Print To PACS Demo shows how to use the LEADTOOLS Virtual Printer Driver to capture print jobs and then send them to a PACS using the LEADTOOLS PACS C-STORE component.
The Main 3D Demo shows how to use the LEADTOOLS 3D engine and high level viewer controls to generate and display 3D volumes from a series of 2D images.
Downloadable demos for LEADTOOLS core functionality are published to our website and updated using Microsoft ClickOnce technology.
Additional demos are available under relevant subjects in LEADTOOLS Support Forums.
Specific demo project source code references for each LEADTOOLS component and platform are listed in the Getting Started tables, under the topical headings at the bottom of this page.

LEADTOOLS Video Trainers

Getting Started video tutorials (with full audio voice-over) that walk through key coding tasks are hosted on the LEADTOOLS YouTube video channel.

For pointers to sample programs that demonstrate many features, see the table below:

Assembly – Class/Namespace

Metadata

Comments

Demos

Leadtools.<XXX>.DLL - Leadtools.<XXX>

Leadtools.<XXX>.winmd

Contains classes with properties, methods and events for <XXX>.

\Examples\DotNet\CS\<XXXDemo> \Examples\DotNet\VB\<XXXDemo>

\Examples\WinRT\CS\<XXXDemo> \Examples\WinRT\JS\<XXXDemo>

Tutorial (Model) Programs

Tutorial programs are straightforward, stepwise models that show useful solutions to practical problems. You can use these as a starting point, cut and paste code, or simply review them for highlights on how to write code for a specific feature or problem. Tutorial (model) programs are listed on the Introduction page for each Assembly. For example, Barcode Tutorials are listed at Introduction - LEADTOOLS.Barcode.

Examples and Code Snippets

The documentation for each LEADTOOLS function reference includes an Example at the bottom of each page, with additional code snippets as needed in the Comments section. Where appropriate, these are related back to the relevant Demo and Tutorial programs.

Assemblies

Leadtools	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Annotations (Deprecated, use Leadtools.Annotations.Core instead)	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Annotations.Automation	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Annotations.Core	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Annotations.Designers	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Annotations.Rendering	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Barcode	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Ccow	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Cloud.Job	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Codecs	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.ColorConversion	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Converters	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Controls	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Dicom	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Dicom.AddIn	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Dicom.Annotations	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Dicom.Annotations.Core	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Dicom.Common	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Dicom.Scp	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Dicom.Scu	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Dicom.Server.Admin	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Drawing	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Forms	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Forms.Auto	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Forms.DocumentReaders	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Forms.DocumentWriters	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Forms.Ocr	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Forms.Processing	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Forms.Recognition	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Forms.Recognition.Barcode	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Forms.Recognition.Ocr	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.ImageOptimization	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.ImageProcessing.Color	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.ImageProcessing.Core	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.ImageProcessing.Effects	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.ImageProcessing.SpecialEffects	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Jpeg2000	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Jpip	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Jpip.Client	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Jpip.Client.WinForms	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Jpip.Server	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Logging	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Logging.Medical	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.MediaWriter	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Medical.DataAccessLayer	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Medical.Logging.DataAccessLayer	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Medical.Media.DataAccessLayer	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Medical.Storage.DataAccessLayer	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Medical.Worklist.DataAccessLayer	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Medical.Worklist.Wcf	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Medical.Workstation	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Medical.Workstation.Client	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Medical.Workstation.DataAccessLayer	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Medical.Workstation.Loader	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Medical3D	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.MedicalViewer	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Mrc	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Pdf	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.PdfCompressor	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Printer	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Printer.Client	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Printer.Client.Installer	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.ScreenCapture	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Services.Barcode.DataContracts	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Services.Barcode.ServiceContracts	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Services.Cloud.DataContracts	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Services.Cloud.FaultContracts	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Services.Cloud.ServiceContracts	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Services.DataContracts	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Services.Forms.DataContracts	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Services.Forms.ServiceContracts	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Services.ImageProcessing.DataContracts	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Services.ImageProcessing.ServiceContracts	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Services.Raster.DataContracts	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Services.Raster.FaultContracts	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Services.Raster.ServiceContracts	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.SharePoint.Client	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.SpecialEffects	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Twain	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Web	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Wia	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Windows.Annotations	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Windows.Controls	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Windows.Media	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Windows.Media.Effects	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Windows.Media.TransitionBase	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Windows.Media.Transitions	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.WinForms	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.WinForms.CommonDialogs.Color	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.WinForms.CommonDialogs.File	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Workflow.Barcode	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Workflow.ImageProcessing	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Workflow.Ocr	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Workflow.Raster	Introduction	Getting Started
Leadtools.Workflow.Scan	Introduction	Getting Started

Reference

Summary of All Supported Image File Formats
Current Product Comparison and Pricing