LEADTOOLS takes advantage of the versatility of the Windows Enhanced Metafile (EMF) format and provides a robust set of features centered around the use of EMF. EMF is a vector-based format that consists of GDI commands for vector, text, and raster objects, making EMF suitable for the rasterization to image and the creation of searchable-text documents. Hundreds of conversions are readily available to .NET (C# & VB, Core, Xamarin, UWP), C/C++, iOS, macOS, Linux, Java, and web developers that utilize LEADTOOLS EMF.

Convert EMF to Searchable and Editable Document Formats

Windows Enhanced Meta File (EMF) is a standard format in Microsoft Windows. Many other applications and frameworks provide output as EMF. The LEADTOOLS Document Writers convert EMF to many other document formats including PDF, PDF/A, DOC, and HTML.

Convert EMF to More Than 150 Image Formats

Use LEADTOOLS to convert EMF to JPEG, JPEG 2000, PNG, TIFF, and many more image formats. LEADTOOLS can load and rasterize EMF files, which can then be saved as more than 150 image formats.

Export EMF From Any Application

The LEADTOOLS Virtual Printer Driver SDK captures output from any Windows application that prints as EMF and save as a raster image or use the Document Writers to create editable documents such as PDF, PDF/A, DOC, and HTML.

Create EMF from LEADTOOLS Annotations

LEADTOOLS supports the creation of EMF files from LEADTOOLS annotation objects, which can be used by the LEADTOOLS Document Writers to create documents such as PDF.

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Supported Development Platforms for EMF

Demo Applications that Include EMF

HTML5/JavaScript Document Viewer

Demonstrates the LEADTOOLS Document Viewer in an HTML5/JavaScript application. The Document Viewer can be used to view raster, text, and document formats, making it ideal for Enterprise Content Management (ECM), document retrieval, and document normalization solutions.

  • Load a document from local disk and url
  • Draw annotations on the document
  • Use thumbnail viewer for page selection
  • View any bookmarks that have been included in the document
  • Interactive zooming/panning
  • Print annotated documents

HTML5/JavaScript LEADVIEW

LEAD has packaged the LEADTOOLS Document Viewer web application and service into the LEADVIEW API component. It requires as little as three lines of code to plug the LEADVIEW API into any JavaScript application. The component is highly customizable and supports all the features of the existing low-level Document Viewer, including viewing and converting hundreds of file formats and more than 30 annotation and markup objects. Users can easily create themes for the UI or use the predefined dark or light themes. With a settings dialog or JSON file, the entire ReactJS UI can be customized by each end-user or administratively locked down at a server level.

LEADTOOLS SDK Products that Include EMF

LEADTOOLS Document Imaging v20

Develop powerful document imaging applications with LEADTOOLS Document Imaging. Features include PDF viewing and editing, comprehensive image annotating, specialized bitonal image displaying, and image processing. Other features include performance and memory optimizations for bitonal images, document image cleanup, including inverted text, border, hole-punch, and line removal, and scanning with LEADTOOLS Fast TWAIN and WIA.

LEADTOOLS Recognition v20

The LEADTOOLS Recognition Imaging SDK is a handpicked collection of LEADTOOLS SDK features designed to build end-to-end document imaging applications within enterprise-level document automation solutions that require OCR, MICR, OMR, barcode, forms recognition and processing, PDF, print capture, archival, annotation, and image viewing functionality. This powerful set of tools utilizes LEAD's award-winning image processing technology to intelligently identify document features that can be used to recognize and extract data from any type of scanned or faxed form image.

LEADTOOLS Document Imaging Suite v20

The LEADTOOLS Document Imaging Suite SDK is a comprehensive collection of LEADTOOLS SDK features designed to build end-to-end document imaging solutions that require OCR, MICR, OMR, ICR, barcode, forms recognition and processing, PDF, HTML5 Zero-footprint viewing, conversion, print, capture, archival, annotation, and image viewing functionality. This powerful set of tools utilizes LEAD's award-winning image processing technology to intelligently identify document features that can be used to recognize and extract data from any type of scanned or faxed form image.

LEADTOOLS Medical Imaging v20

Develop powerful Medical Imaging applications with the LEADTOOLS Medical Imaging SDK. Features include comprehensive DICOM data set support, 8-16 bit extended grayscale image support, image annotation, specialized extended grayscale image display such as window level and LUT processing, and medical-specific image processing. Other features include lossless JPEG compression, and signed and unsigned image data processing.

LEADTOOLS PACS Imaging v20

Develop robust DICOM PACS applications with LEADTOOLS PACS Imaging. Features include Medical Web Viewer Framework, high and low-level PACS SCP and SCU functions and controls, secure PACS communication, comprehensive DICOM data set support, image annotation, extended grayscale image display such as window level and LUT processing, and specialized medical image processing. Other features include lossless JPEG compression, JPIP, MRTI, and signed and unsigned image data processing.

LEADTOOLS Medical Imaging Suite v20

Develop powerful PACS and Medical imaging applications with LEADTOOLS Medical Imaging Suite. Features include LEAD's Zero-footprint HTML5 DICOM Viewer, Medical Web Viewer Framework, Medical 3D, DICOM Multimedia codecs, high and low-level PACS SCP and SCU functions and controls, secure PACS communication, Print to PACS, comprehensive DICOM data set support, image annotation, extended grayscale image display such as window level and LUT processing, DICOM Hanging Protocol, and specialized medical image processing. Other features include lossless JPEG compression, JPIP, and signed and unsigned image data processing.