Twain Feeder Tutorial # 1

Start Visual Studio .NET.

Choose File->New->Project… from the menu.

In the New Project dialog box, choose either "Visual C# Projects" or "Visual Basic Projects" in the Projects Type List, and choose "Windows Application " in the Templates List.

Type the project name as "GetFastTwainScan" 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 .

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 "\LEAD Technologies\LEADTOOLS 15\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.

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:

Text	Name

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:

[Visual Basic]

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

[C#]

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

Declare the following private variable:

[Visual Basic]

 
Private WithEvents twnSession As TwainSession

[C#]

 
private TwainSession twnSession;

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

[Visual Basic]


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.
      RasterSupport.Unlock(RasterSupportType.Document, "TestKey")

      twnSession = new TwainSession
      twnSession.Startup(Me, "LEAD Technologies, Inc.", "LEAD Twain .NET", "Version 14", "LEADTools Twain test sample", TwainStartupFlags.None)
   Catch ex As Exception
      MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
   End Try
End Sub

[C#]


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.
      RasterSupport.Unlock(RasterSupportType.Document, "TestKey");

      twnSession = new TwainSession();
      twnSession.Startup(this, "LEAD Technologies, Inc.", "LEAD Twain .NET", "Version 14", "LEADTools Twain test sample", TwainStartupFlags.None);
   }
   catch (Exception ex)
   {
      MessageBox.Show(this, ex.Message);
   }
}

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

[Visual Basic]


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

[C#]

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

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

[Visual Basic]


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

[C#]


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);
}

Build, and Run the program to test it.

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