Charlotte, NC (November 13, 2007) - - LEAD Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of imaging developer toolkits, today announced new Feature Updates for LEADTOOLS version 15. LEADTOOLS is a collection of SDKs (software development kits) designed to help programmers integrate digital images into their applications. This latest update of the LEADTOOLS family of imaging toolkits is packed with updates and new features. This release offers new AJAX-enabled controls that replace the existing LEADTOOLS Web Forms controls, NEW COM wrapper for developers who are not ready to move straight to the LEADTOOLS V15 .NET Class Library, support for JPEG 2000 Part 2 (JPX), improved documentation, new tutorials and much more. Keep reading to find out other new features that LEADTOOLS version 15 has to offer!

New Features in LEADTOOLS v.15

• AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) Enabled Image Controls - The new LEADTOOLS Raster Tiled Image Viewer and Web Thumbnail Viewer (image list) controls enable you to add fast, interactive image viewing to your AJAX web applications. Support also includes a Pan Viewer control.  Ships with source code for complete document and color image processing demo applications.

• COM Wrapper - COM and ActiveX developers can now use LEADTOOLS V15.  The new COM objects wrapper the powerful LEADTOOLS V15 .NET classes so you can incorporate the full LEADTOOLS .NET platform functionality into your applications. As an added bonus, you will be ".NET ready" as the methods and properties of the LEADTOOLS COM object mirror that of the LEADTOOLS .NET classes, saving you time in the future when you can port your application to .NET.

• .NET 3.0 (WPF) - Your WPF-based applications can now leverage the power of LEADTOOLS image processing and file input / output functionality. A new conversion class allows developers to convert the LEAD RasterImage class to and from the .NET 3.0 BitmapSource class.

• JPX Support (JPEG2000 Part2) - Especially useful for document, medical, and satellite imagery archiving systems.  All LEADTOOLS Raster Pro, Document Imaging, and Medical Imaging toolkits can read / parse JPX files.  LEADTOOLS Document and Medical Imaging toolkits can also write / update JPX files.

• DXF Format Support -This version includes an updated DXF parser; updates algorithms for drawing objects and adds extrusion support; improves the rendering of model and paper space; adds entity block rendering, multi-line objects, multi-line text objects, end arrows, and width and bulge values for polyline objects; and enhances performance for ellipse rotation, arc angles, hatches, splines, and attributes.

• XPS (XML Paper Specification) file support - New electronic document format supported natively by Office 2007 and Windows VISTA.

• MNG (Multiple Network Graphic) file support - a multiple-image member of the PNG (Portable Network Graphics) format family. It can contain animations, slide shows, or complex still frames, comprised of multiple PNG or JPEG Network Graphic (JNG) single-image datastreams.

• PDF with CMYK data Support - LEADTOOLS now supports saving PDF files with CMYK data.

• Code Snippets - IntelliSense Code Snippets allow you to insert ready-made snippets of code into your projects. LEADTOOLS ships with many IntelliSense Code Snippets for C#, VB.NET and COM. 

• Signed Support - LEADTOOLS has added signed image support to 50 functions. Over half of all LEADTOOLS image functions now support both signed and unsigned images.

• Deskew Check Functions - Were designed specifically to aid automation of bank check scanning, recognition and archiving. Its powerful, reliable, automatic deskew features use a proprietary algorithm to detect bank check image orientation, and within milliseconds rotate it to horizontal or vertical.

• Blank Page Detect Functions - Designed to help reduce disk storage and unnecessary processing of blank pages in document imaging applications.  Can detect noisy, bleed through and lined blank pages with high precision and speed.

• ANSI support in V15 (including ClassLib) -LEADTOOLS Version 15 now supports both ANSI and UNICODE development in the same libraries.

• New .NET tutorials - VB6 and COM developers can now use LEADTOOLS v15. .NET tutorials include demonstrations of the new COM wrapper, how to use the registration marks demo, and how to load and save images using databases without data binding.

• Documentation Enhancements - This update incorporates improved help navigation, dozens of new examples and tutorials, and hundreds of new and improved index entries. API and C++ Class Library Help now includes Advanced Search, a Favorites tab, and Locate, Products, and Support buttons.

For more information on the complete list of new features in v.15, visit http://www.leadtools.com/home2/new-in-v15.htm

Availability and Pricing
LEADTOOLS v.15 SDKs are available for immediate purchase through the LEADTOOLS website or by calling LEAD sales at 704-332-5532. Purchase may also be made through one of LEAD's authorized resellers or distributors.

Full Imaging evaluation toolkits are available free of charge from LEAD's website http://www.leadtools.com

About LEAD Technologies
Since 1990, LEAD Technologies, Inc. has been a global leader in the imaging developer toolkit market, providing programmers with feature-rich tools to “image-enable” their software applications. LEAD Technologies pioneered the fastest software-only image compression and continues to lead the field in advancing new imaging technologies and offering those technologies to programmers world wide.

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