Twain Feeder Tutorial # 1

Take the following steps to start a project:

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 "VB Projects" in the Projects Type List, and choose "Windows Application" in the Templates List.

4. Type the project name as "TwainFeeder1" 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 a 1 instance of Button control to the top of the form and set the following properties for them:

1. 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:

   C#

   VB
   Imports Leadtools 
   Imports Leadtools.Twain 
   Imports Leadtools.Codecs 
   Imports Leadtools.WinForms 
                    
        

   using Leadtools; 
   using Leadtools.Twain; 
   using Leadtools.Codecs; 
   using Leadtools.WinForms; 
                    
        

2. Declare the following private variable:

   C#

   VB
   Private WithEvents twnSession As TwainSession 
                    
        

   private TwainSession twnSession; 
                    
        

3. Add an event handler to the Form1 Load event and code it as follows:

   C#

   VB
   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. 
         Dim MY_LICENSE_FILE As String = "d:\temp\TestLic.lic" 
         Dim MY_DEVELOPER_KEY As String = "xyz123abc" 
         RasterSupport.SetLicense(MY_LICENSE_FILE, MY_DEVELOPER_KEY) 
         twnSession = new TwainSession 
         twnSession.Startup(Me.Handle, "manufacturer", "productFamily", "version", "application", TwainStartupFlags.None) 
      Catch ex As Exception 
         MessageBox.Show(ex.Message) 
      End Try 
   End Sub    
                    
        

   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. 
         string MY_LICENSE_FILE = "d:\\temp\\TestLic.lic"; 
         string MY_DEVELOPER_KEY = "xyz123abc"; 
         RasterSupport.SetLicense(MY_LICENSE_FILE, MY_DEVELOPER_KEY); 
         twnSession = new TwainSession(); 
         twnSession.Startup(this.Handle, "manufacturer", "productFamily", "version", "application", TwainStartupFlags.None); 
      } 
      catch (Exception ex) 
      { 
         MessageBox.Show(this, ex.Message); 
      } 
   } 
                    
        

4. Add an event handler to the Form1 Closing event and code it as follows:

   C#

   VB
   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    
                    
        

   private void Form1_FormClosing(object sender, FormClosingEventArgs e) 
   { 
      try 
      { 
         twnSession.Shutdown(); 
      } 
      catch (Exception ex) 
      { 
         MessageBox.Show(this, ex.Message); 
      } 
   } 
                    
        

5. Add an event handler to the buttonAcquire Click event and code it as follows:

   C#

   VB
   Private Sub buttonAcquire_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles buttonAcquire.Click 
      Dim twainCap As TwainCapability = New TwainCapability 
      twnSession.SelectSource(String.Empty) 
      Try 
         twainCap.Information.Type = TwainCapabilityType.AutoFeed 
         twainCap.Information.ContainerType = TwainContainerType.OneValue 
         Dim enable As Boolean = True 
         twainCap.OneValueCapability.ItemType = TwainItemType.Bool 
         twainCap.OneValueCapability.Value = enable 
         twnSession.SetCapability(twainCap, TwainSetCapabilityMode.Set) 
         MessageBox.Show(Me, "AutoFeed capability is enabled") 
      Catch ex As Exception 
         MessageBox.Show(Me, ex.Message) 
      End Try 
      ' try to acquire pages using AutoFeed capability 
      twnSession.Acquire(TwainUserInterfaceFlags.Show Or TwainUserInterfaceFlags.Modal) 
   End Sub 
                    
        

   private void buttonAcquire_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) 
   { 
      TwainCapability twainCap = new TwainCapability(); 
      twnSession.SelectSource(string.Empty); 
                       
      try 
      { 
         twainCap.Information.Type = TwainCapabilityType.AutoFeed; 
         twainCap.Information.ContainerType = TwainContainerType.OneValue; 
                          
         bool enable = true; 
                          
         twainCap.OneValueCapability.ItemType = TwainItemType.Bool; 
         twainCap.OneValueCapability.Value = enable; 
                          
         twnSession.SetCapability(twainCap, TwainSetCapabilityMode.Set); 
         MessageBox.Show(this, "AutoFeed capability is enabled"); 
      } 
      catch (Exception ex) 
      { 
         MessageBox.Show(this, ex.Message); 
      } 
                       
      // try to acquire pages using AutoFeed capability 
      twnSession.Acquire(TwainUserInterfaceFlags.Show |   TwainUserInterfaceFlags.Modal); 
   } 
                    
        

6. Build, and Run the program to test it.