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AutoFormsEngine Class

Summary

Provides high level form recognition and processing functionalities to recognize, process, and create forms. It uses the provided Master Form IMasterFormsRepository to recognize form type and process its fields.

Syntax

C#
VB
C++
public class AutoFormsEngine : IDisposable 
  
Public Class AutoFormsEngine  
   Implements System.IDisposable  
public ref class AutoFormsEngine : public System.IDisposable   

Remarks

Each AutoFormsEngine works on one IMasterFormsRepository which is provided through its constructor.

Important: Different OCR engines might have slight differences in form alignment and recognition. Therefore, it is best to use the same Leadtools.Forms.Ocr.OcrEngineType when generating the master forms and when recognizing and processing forms.

The following code shows how to AutoFormsEngine can be used in a multi-threaded server to process forms on demand:

// The server class, can be a Windows or WCF service 
public class MyServer 
{ 
   // This is the request to process 
   public void ProcessRequest(string fileName) 
   { 
      // Unlock the LEADTOOLS support 
      // Get the license file path and developer key 
      // This can be fixed or read from a configuration file 
      string licenseFilePath = @"C:\LicenseFile.lic"; 
      string developerKey = @"MyDeveloperKey"; 
      RasterSupport.SetLicense(licenseFilePath, developerKey); 
             
      // Get the repository instance. This example assumes a disk repository 
      // The path can be fixed or read from configuration file 
      IMasterFormsRepository repository = new DiskMasterFormsRepository(new RasterCodecs(), @"C:\MyRepository"); 
             
      // Get the OCR engine type 
      // Again, this can be fixed or read from a configuration file 
      OcrEngineType ocrEngineType = OcrEngineType.Advantage; 
             
      // int threadCount = Environment.ProcessorCount; 
      // Create the OCR engines needed for this operation 
      IOcrEngine ocrEngine = OcrEngineManager.CreateEngine(ocrEngineType, true); 
      // Start the OCR engine 
      ocrEngine.Startup(null, null, null, null); 
             
      // Optional. Setup the barcode engine 
      BarcodeEngine barcodeEngine = new BarcodeEngine(); 
             
      // Create the auto-forms engine 
      AutoFormsEngine engine = new AutoFormsEngine(repository, ocrEngine, barcodeEngine, AutoFormsRecognitionManager.Default); 
             
      bool runInThread = true; // Set this value depending on your server setup 
             
      if (runInThread) 
      { 
         using (AutoResetEvent finishedEvent = new AutoResetEvent(false)) 
         { 
            // If this is a Windows Service, then the call to Run must be done in a separate thread to not block subsequent calls 
            ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem((state) => 
            { 
               try 
               { 
                  // Process the request, assuming all categories 
                  AutoFormsRunResult result = engine.Run(fileName, null); 
             
                  // Call your function to process the result 
                  MyProcessResult(result); 
               } 
               catch (Exception ex) 
               { 
                  Console.WriteLine("Error {0}", ex.Message); 
               } 
               finally 
               { 
                  // We are done, inform the main thread 
                  finishedEvent.Set(); 
               } 
            }); 
         } 
      } 
      else 
      { 
         // Another type of server, such as a WCF HTTP server, no need to run 
         // in a separate thread since every request is done in its separate process (IIS process) 
         // Process the request, assuming all categories 
         AutoFormsRunResult result = engine.Run(fileName, null); 
             
         // Call your function to process the result 
         MyProcessResult(result); 
      } 
   } 
} 

Requirements

Target Platforms

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