Leadtools Getting Started

Summary

The Leadtools namespace provides libraries with properties, methods, events, structures and interfaces for building applications with LEADTOOLS SDKs. It is required in all applications.

.NET

.NET Core

iOS and macOS

Java/Android

JavaScript HTML5

Xamarin

.NET

Redistributables Paths

Path	Target Platform
<installdir>\Redist\DotNet4\Win32	x86 .NET 4 or 4.5
<installdir>\Redist\DotNet4\x64	x64 .NET 4 or 4.5

Dependencies

Library	Description	Dependencies
Leadtools.dll	Core Library	-
NuGet Package	Description
Leadtools.Barcode	Barcode Library to Detect, Read, and Write 1D and 2D Barcodes
Leadtools.Document.Sdk	Document Imaging Library
Leadtools.Document.Viewer.WinForms	Document Imaging Library for WinForms
Leadtools.Document.Viewer.Wpf	Document Imaging Library for WPF
Leadtools.Formats.Document	Document Formats Library
Leadtools.Formats.Raster.Additional	Additional Raster File Formats Library
Leadtools.Formats.Raster.Camera	Camera File Formats Library
Leadtools.Formats.Raster.Common	Common Raster File Formats Library
Leadtools.Formats.Vector	Vector Formats Library
Leadtools.Image.Processing	Image Processing Library
Leadtools.Ocr	OCR Library
Leadtools.Ocr.Languages.Additional	OCR Library plus Additional Languages
Leadtools.Ocr.Languages.Asian	OCR Library plus Additional Asian Languages
Leadtools.Pdf	PDF Library

Sample Programs

Name	Path	Description
Draw Demo	\Examples\Main\DotNet\DrawDemo	Demonstrates using RasterImage object as a drawing surface. Gets a drawing surface for the LEADTOOLS RasterImage object. Draws graphic objects on the RasterImage object. Saves the updated image.
Main Demo	\Examples\Main\DotNet\MainDemo	Demonstrates many of the basic and advanced core features of LEADTOOLS. Load and save all formats supported by LEADTOOLS Display (scroll/zoom) images with options, including Animation Apply Image Processing Capture images from the screen Acquire images from TWAIN and WIA scanners Print images Copy/paste images to and from the clipboard
Paint While Load Demo	\Examples\Main\DotNet\PaintWhileLoadDemo	Demonstrates painting an image to the screen while loading/decoding. Simulates receiving an image file over a slow connection. Paints the image in chunks, as it is loaded/decoded.
Print Preview Demo	\Examples\Main\DotNet\PrintPreviewDemo	Demonstrates implementing image print preview support using LEADTOOLS.
Main Demo (WPF)	\Examples\Main\DotNet\WPFMainDemo	Demonstrates many of the basic and advanced core features of LEADTOOLS WPF. Load and save all formats supported by LEADTOOLS Display (scroll/zoom) images with options Apply Image Processing

Supported File Formats

File Format	Description	Redistributables
See file formats listed in Leadtools.Codecs	See Leadtools.Codecs	See redistributables for Leadtools.Codecs

.NET Core

Sample Programs

Name	Path	Description
ASP.NET Controller Demo	\Examples\Main\DotNetCore\AspNetControllerDemo	Demonstrates using the LEADTOOLS .NET Core NuGet packages to create an ASP.NET RESTful service and showcases how to use LEADTOOLS within a .NET Core Web API environment. Has three controller endpoints showcasing different LEADTOOLS engines: /Barcode/RecognizeBarcodes /Convert/ConvertImage /Ocr/GetText You can use the following sample urls to test: /Barcode/RecognizeBarcodes?uri=https://demo.leadtools.com/images/tiff/barcode1.tif /Convert/ConvertImage?uri=https://demo.leadtools.com/images/pdf/leadtools.pdf /Ocr/GetText?uri=https://demo.leadtools.com/images/tiff/ocr1.tif

Name

Path

Description

ASP.NET Controller Demo

\Examples\Main\DotNetCore\AspNetControllerDemo

Demonstrates using the LEADTOOLS .NET Core NuGet packages to create an ASP.NET RESTful service and showcases how to use LEADTOOLS within a .NET Core Web API environment.

Has three controller endpoints showcasing different LEADTOOLS engines:

/Barcode/RecognizeBarcodes

/Convert/ConvertImage

/Ocr/GetText

You can use the following sample urls to test:

/Barcode/RecognizeBarcodes?uri=https://demo.leadtools.com/images/tiff/barcode1.tif

/Convert/ConvertImage?uri=https://demo.leadtools.com/images/pdf/leadtools.pdf

/Ocr/GetText?uri=https://demo.leadtools.com/images/tiff/ocr1.tif

iOS and macOS

Redistributables Paths

Path	Target Platform
<installdir>\Bin<Version>\Xcode\iOS	iOS
<installdir>\Bin<Version>\Xcode\macOS	macOS

Dependencies

Library	Description	Dependencies
Leadtools.framework	Core Library	Leadtools.Kernel.framework

Supported File Formats

File Format	Description	Redistributables
See file formats listed in Leadtools.Codecs	See Leadtools.Codecs	See redistributables for Leadtools.Codecs

Sample Programs

Name	Path	Description
C Application	\Examples\Main\Xcode\iOS\Objective-C\C Application
	\Examples\Main\Xcode\iOS\Swift\C Application

Java/Android

Redistributables Paths

Path	Target Platform
<installdir>\Bin\Android\x86_64 (Android)	x86_64 Android
<installdir>\Bin\Android\x86 (Android)	x86 Android
<installdir>\Bin\Android\arm64-v8a (Android)	arm64-v8a Android
<installdir>\Bin\Android\armeabi-v7a (Android)	armeabi-v7a Android
<installdir>\Bin\Android\armeabi (Android)	armeabi Android
<installdir>\Bin\CDLLVC10\Win32 (Windows)	x86 Windows
<installdir>\Bin\CDLLVC10\x64 (Windows)	x64 Windows
<installdir>\Bin\Lib\x86 (Linux)	x86 Linux
<installdir>\Bin\Lib\x64 (Linux)	x64 Linux

Dependencies

Library	Description	Jars	Native Libraries
leadtools.jar	Core Library		Android libleadtools.so iOS/macOS Leadtools.framework Linux libltkrn.so Windows Ltkrnu.dll Ltkrnx.dll

Library

Description

Jars

Native Libraries

leadtools.jar

Core Library

Android

libleadtools.so

iOS/macOS

Leadtools.framework

Linux

libltkrn.so

Windows

Ltkrnu.dll

Ltkrnx.dll

Sample Programs

Name	Path	Description
LeadtoolsDemos (Android)	\Examples\Main\Android\LeadtoolsDemos
Main Demo (Java)	\Examples\Main\Java\MainDemo	Demonstrates the basic and core features of LEADTOOLS. Load and save all formats supported by LEADTOOLS Apply Image Processing

Name

Path

Description

LeadtoolsDemos (Android)

\Examples\Main\Android\LeadtoolsDemos

Main Demo (Java)

\Examples\Main\Java\MainDemo

Demonstrates the basic and core features of LEADTOOLS.

Load and save all formats supported by LEADTOOLS
Apply Image Processing

Supported File Formats

File Format	Description	Redistributables
See file formats listed in Leadtools.Codecs	See Leadtools.Codecs	See redistributables for Leadtools.Codecs

JavaScript HTML5

Refer to Leadtools HTML5 - Getting Started for information on JavaScript and TypeScript HTML5 support:

Leadtools.js
Leadtools.d.ts

Sample Programs

Name	Path	Description
Annotations.JavaScript	\Examples\Main\JS\DemoLibraries\Annotations.JavaScript
Annotations.UserMedicalPack	\Examples\Main\JS\DemoLibraries\Annotations.UserMedicalPack
Demos	\Examples\Main\JS\DemoLibraries\Demos
Demos.Annotations	\Examples\Main\JS\DemoLibraries\Demos.Annotations
Demos.Basic	\Examples\Main\JS\DemoLibraries\Demos.Basic
Demos.Styles	\Examples\Main\JS\DemoLibraries\Demos.Styles
DemoServices	\Examples\Main\JS\DemoServices
	\Examples\Main\JS\DemoServices\core
	\Examples\Main\JS\DemoServices\fx
LeadtoolsServicesHostManager	\Examples\Main\JS\LeadtoolsServicesHostManager

Leadtools Getting Started

Summary

.NET

Redistributables Paths

Dependencies

Sample Programs

Supported File Formats

.NET Core

Sample Programs

iOS and macOS

Redistributables Paths

Dependencies

Supported File Formats

Sample Programs

Java/Android

Redistributables Paths

Dependencies

Sample Programs

Supported File Formats

JavaScript HTML5

Sample Programs

Xamarin

Sample Programs

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