| Getting Started with LEADTOOLS > Introduction |
by LEAD Technologies, Inc.
Since 1990, LEAD Technologies has been providing advanced imaging tools to developers. LEADTOOLS is used by thousands of developers distributing world class applications deployed on millions of PCs throughout the world. LEADTOOLS is the most comprehensive, robust, flexible, and powerful imaging SDK solution available and is ideal for developers involved in still-frame, multimedia, document, medical, and vector imaging desktop, service and web projects.
LEADTOOLS supports the latest Microsoft technologies targeting the latest versions of Windows. LEADTOOLS includes libraries for .NET, C / C++, Silverlight, Windows Phone, Android, iOS, OS X and LINUX. LEADTOOLS also provides WCF services, Windows Workflow Foundation activities, and controls for WPF, AJAX, HTML5 / JavaScript, Silverlight and .NET.
As our customer, you will have access to the most advanced imaging technology available and will receive the best technical support in the business. Thank you for the opportunity to earn your business.
The Getting Started with LEADTOOLS help file is designed to provide you with:
Information about the LEADTOOLS DLLs, binaries, libraries, header files, import libraries, and classes used to support each LEADTOOLS feature.
Directions to the help file in which to find the documentation that supports each feature.
Directions to sample program source code that demonstrates each feature.
Links to sample program executables that demonstrate each feature.
Key Features of LEADTOOLS:
Imaging Features
Image Formats, Image Compression, Image Display,Image Processing, TWAIN and WIA, Barcode (1D and 2D), Common Dialogs, Printing, Screen Capture, AJAX, Database Imaging, WPF, Image Optimizer, Colorspace Conversion.
Document Imaging Features
PDF, OCR / MICR, ICR, OMR, Barcode (1D and 2D), Annotations, Forms Recognition and Processing, Image Compression, Image Display, Bitonal Scaling, Image Processing, Document Cleanup, Image Formats, SharePoint Client, Fast TWAIN, Mixed Raster Content (MRC), Virtual Printer Driver, Document Readers, Document Writers, Cloud Computing, Workflow Activities, WCF Services, Silverlight Controls, WinRT (Windows Store), Android, iOS / OS X, Windows Phone 7, JPIP, Media Writer, CCOW, HTML5 Viewers and HTML5 Annotations.
Medical Imaging Features
DICOM, DICOM PACS Communications, 3D, Image Display, Medical Image Viewer Control, Annotations Image Processing, Image Compression, 12 and 16 bit grayscale images, Window Leveling, Medical Web Viewer Framework, Silverlight Controls, WinRT (Windows Store), Android, iOS, Windows Phone 7, JPIP, CCOW, HTML5 Viewers and HTML5 Annotations
Multimedia Imaging Features
Multimedia Capture, Playback, Conversion and Processing, Multimedia Suite, DVD Module, Video Streaming Module, MPEG-2 Transport Module, Cloud Computing
Vector Imaging Features
Supported Environments:
LEADTOOLS comes in Win32 (x86), x64 and ARM editions. The environments supported depend upon the specific product, platform and function. For more information, refer to Supported Platforms / Operating Systems.