Programming Interfaces of LEADTOOLS

The Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation environment provides a consistent programming model for building applications. Directly related to XAML, it provides a clear separation between business logic and the user interface, enabling you to build applications that blend the user interface, documents, images, and other content for delivery on the desktop or across-the-web. That is, business logic models developed by business analysts, marketing departments, or end users (using XAML plug-ins) can be used natively as application front-ends. This eliminates the need for coding (or re-coding) from "storyboards," instead allowing for direct collaboration among web developers, art departments, business analysts, and back-end programmers.

Win32 (x86) and Win64 (x64) WPF is included in the LEADTOOLS for WPF Express and LEADTOOLS for WPF Standard toolkits.

The Microsoft® .NET Framework is an important component of the Microsoft Windows® family of operating systems. It is the foundation of the next generation of Windows-based applications that are easier to build, deploy, and integrate with other networked systems. Includes a converter class for using LEADTOOLS in WPF based applications (includes sample applications). COM Wrapper for .NET allows you access to incorporate full LEADTOOLS .NET platform functionality into your COM applications. Additional demos and tutorials show how to use the COM Wrapper in VB 6.0.

LEAD offers managed .NET classes for Win32 (x86) and Win64 (x64) in the following LEADTOOLS products: Raster Imaging Pro, Document Imaging, Document Imaging Suite, Medical Imaging and Medical Imaging Suite .

The LEADTOOLS DLL API is the lowest level of LEADTOOLS programming available. This lower level offers the most flexibility, the greatest speed and the least overhead of any of the developer interfaces available for LEADTOOLS. LEADTOOLS API now has full character set support (UNICODE and ANSI) in a single library.

Win32 (x86) and Win64 (x64) DLL API's are included in the LEADTOOLS Raster Imaging Pro, Document, Multimedia, Vector and Medical toolkits.

C++ is a general-purpose object-oriented programming language and is intended to be an improved C with object capabilities. C++ Objects or classes encapsulate lower level functionality into a higher level interface that facilitates in shortening development time and creating maintainable code. LEADTOOLS C++ now has full character set support (UNICODE and ANSI) in a single library.

Win32 (x86) and Win64 (x64) C++ Classes are included in the LEADTOOLS Raster Imaging Pro, Document, Multimedia, Vector and Medical toolkits.

The Component Object Model (COM) is the underlying architecture that forms the foundation for higher-level software services, like those provided by OLE and ActiveX. COM objects include many of features of ActiveX that makes it easy to use, but does not include the extra overhead required by ActiveX. COM Wrapper for .NET allows you access to incorporate full LEADTOOLS .NET platform functionality into your COM applications. Additional demos and tutorials show how to use the COM Wrapper in VB 6.0.

Available in v.14.5 Only

COM controls are included with the LEADTOOLS Raster Imaging Pro v.14.5, Document v.14.5, Multimedia, Vector v.14.5 and Medical v14.5 toolkits.

ActiveX was developed as a proposed standard by Microsoft in the mid 1990s is built on Microsoft's Component Object Model (COM). Currently, ActiveX is used primarily to develop interactive content for the World Wide Web, although it can be used in desktop applications and other applications. ActiveX controls can be embedded in Web pages to produce animation and other multimedia effects, interactive objects, and sophisticated applications.

Available in v.14.5 Only

ActiveX controls are included in LEADTOOLS Raster v.14.5, Document v.14.5, Vector v.14.5 and Medical v.14.5 toolkits.

The Visual Component Library, introduced in Delphi 1.0, is a framework consisting of classes and components that you use to create Delphi applications. VCL was updated to 32 bit with Delphi 2. Delphi has been very successful in the RAD market; however, many users expressed an interest to Borland for a C++ RAD tool, which eventually was born as C++Builder. C++Builder uses an unmodified version of Delphi VCL standard.

Available in v.14.5 Only

VCL's for Delphi 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 (Delphi 2006), and Builder 5, 6 and 10 (Builder 2006) are included in LEADTOOLS Raster v.14.5, Document v.14.5, Vector v.14.5 and Medical v.14.5 toolkits.