Changes from Version 14 to Version 14.5

Version 14.5 of the LEADTOOLS VCL has been 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 AnnOptions property. 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 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.

$image\sqrblit.gif$ LEADTOOLS has added the following new features for the ImageList Control, importing and exporting bitmap lists and an extended sorting of items in the control.

$image\sqrblit.gif$ LEADTOOLS has added new functionality to handle regions and masks.

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

$image\sqrblit.gif$ Please note that version 14.5 is the last version that will support the following file formats:

File Formats: MrSid Format (SID)

File Formats: DjVu Format (DJVU)

$image\sqrblit.gif$ LEADTOOLS now supports the following file formats:

File Formats: ABC Format (ABC)

File Formats: ABIC Format (ABIC, ICA)

File Formats: JBIG2 Format (JB2)

File Formats: TXT Format (TXT)

New properties, methods and events:

The following list is the new properties, methods and events in version 14.5.