Changes from Version 14 to Version 14.5

Version 14.5 of the LEADTOOLS COM Objects has changed from Version 14 as follows:

$image\sqrblit.gif$ With this mid-release of LEADTOOLS version 14, many new features are being introduced to the annotations. Some of these features alter the way annotations are displayed. Other features change or enhance the user interface. To maintain backward compatibility within version 14, most of these features must be enabled by calling the AnnSetOptions method. In LEADTOOLS version 15, these options will be enabled by default.

The following features are being introduced:

$image\sqrblit.gif$ New Rubber Stamp Display Style

$image\sqrblit.gif$ New XP Style Annotation Toolbar

$image\sqrblit.gif$ New Alpha Background Fill Option

$image\sqrblit.gif$ New Annotation Rotate Option

$image\sqrblit.gif$ New Annotation Side Handles

$image\sqrblit.gif$ New Annotation Multi-select

$image\sqrblit.gif$ New Annotation Cursors

$image\sqrblit.gif$ New ESC to Cancel

$image\sqrblit.gif$ New Calibrate Ruler Feature

$image\sqrblit.gif$ New Dot Dash Lines

$image\sqrblit.gif$ New XML Format

$image\sqrblit.gif$ New Text Annotation Options

For detailed information regarding the new features, refer to New Annotation Features of Version 14.5.

$image\sqrblit.gif$ LEADTOOLS supports now the Zoom View; which provides a means of "zooming in" on the image loaded into the window to which it is attached. This is similar to having multiple Magnifying Glasses on the same source image.

$image\sqrblit.gif$ LEADTOOLS supports the GeoKeys; which are TIFF files containing a few extra TIFF tags describing the image location, scale at which the picture was taken and many other information useful for topographic applications.

$image\sqrblit.gif$ LEADTOOLS has supported functionality to load and save embedded ICC profiles from JPEG, TIFF or EPS files.

$image\sqrblit.gif$ LEADTOOLS provides Image Optimization functionality to optimize certain image file formats, by saving images using the optimal bits per pixel, based on specific optimization options.

$image\sqrblit.gif$ LEADTOOLS has supported functionality to handle a mask image from a region.

$image\sqrblit.gif$ LEADTOOLS has supported functionality to extract bitmaps from a series.

$image\sqrblit.gif$ LEADTOOLS now supports the PDF Compressor to create compressed PDF files through MRC segmentation.

$image\sqrblit.gif$ LEADTOOLS has added the new functionality to MRC COM object to:

$image\sqrblit.gif$ Automatically segment the specified bitmap, finding the best segment combination without specifying minimum segment dimensions.

$image\sqrblit.gif$ Save MRC images contained in a bitmap list to a file using the MRC LEAD, standard Proprietary T44 or PDF format.

$image\sqrblit.gif$ LEADTOOLS has added new functionality to the Image List Control, for sorting the items in the image list based on their Text or Extended Text attributes, inserting a list of bitmaps into the Image List Control, and exporting a number of bitmaps from the Image List Control to a bitmap list.

$image\sqrblit.gif$ When saving JBIG2 file, you can get or change the current values for the control options used by LEADTOOLS.

$image\sqrblit.gif$ When loading TXT file, you can get or change the current values for the control options used by LEADTOOLS.

$image\sqrblit.gif$ LEADTOOLS supports CMYK functions, which handle CMYK TIFF Files as separate bitmaps.

$image\sqrblit.gif$ LEADTOOLS has added new functionality, which handles the TIFF and Exif files, such as compact TIFF files, enumerates all the tags in TIFF and Exif files, and deletes a tag from TIFF and Exif files.

$image\sqrblit.gif$ LEADTOOLS supports read a comment from a file at a specific location.

$image\sqrblit.gif$ LEADTOOLS has added functionality that enables or disables automatically inserting CLEAR codes during LZW compression. Saving LEAD TIFF LZW files uses the standard LZW compression, which uses CLEAR codes. Some IBM decoders cannot handle early CLEAR codes.

$image\sqrblit.gif$ LEADTOOLS provides functionality for compressing and decompressing ABIC images in buffers.

$image\sqrblit.gif$ LEADTOOLS has improved the annotation toolkit by adding the following new features:

$image\sqrblit.gif$ New functionality allows the user to extract information from annotation objects.

$image\sqrblit.gif$ Several methods for manipulating annotation objects so they are flipped, reversed, or rotated.

$image\sqrblit.gif$ Improve the annotation objects displaying and manipulating; such as; alter the object’s display order within the container, perform geometric transformations on an annotation, set the color display options of any annotation object, set the bitmap transparency if the annotation object(s) are Stamp or Point.

ILEADRasterZoomView

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