Welcome to LEADTOOLS

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LEADTOOLS provides the best in imaging toolkits for developers working with the latest technologies that target Microsoft 32-and 64-bit platforms (XP and Vista). It includes both Win32 and x64 DLL API’s, C++ class libraries, .NET class libraries, and COM interoperability. Its advanced features comprise the fastest and most robust version of LEADTOOLS ever.

This latest remaster of the LEADTOOLS family of imaging toolkits is packed with more updates and new features. This release offers new AJAX-enabled controls for developing interactive web applications, support for VB6 and COM developers who want to take advantage of the LEADTOOLS V15 .NET Class Library, support for JPEG 2000 Part 2, improved documentation, new tutorials and much more.

Customers who require ActiveX, COM or VCL interfaces or who are targeting operating systems such as Windows 95/98/ME should purchase LEADTOOLS v.14.5. For more information, contact sales@LEADTOOLS.com or visit ActiveX, VCL, and COM — LEADTOOLS V.14.5.

The Getting Started with LEADTOOLS help file is designed to provide you with:

$image\sqrblit.jpg$ Information about the LEADTOOLS DLLs, binaries, libraries, header files, import libraries, and classes used to support each LEADTOOLS feature.

$image\sqrblit.jpg$ Directions to the help file in which to find the documentation that supports each feature.

$image\sqrblit.jpg$ Directions to sample program source code that demonstrates each feature.

$image\sqrblit.jpg$ Links to execute sample programs that demonstrate each feature.

Supported Formats:

LEADTOOLS is available in Win32 Unicode, x64 Unicode, and .NET managed libraries (with COM interoperability). Note that not all features are available in all libraries. This help file can be used to easily determine which library is right for your particular development needs:

Win32 DLLs (Unicode)

Win32 COM Objects (Multimedia Only) (Unicode)

.NET Managed Class Libraries with COM Interoperability

Win32 C++ Class Library DLLs (Unicode)

Supported Environments:

The toolkit comes in Win32 and x64 editions that can support development of software applications for any of the following environments:

Windows Vista

Windows XP

Windows 2000