Introduction

LEADTOOLS Peer-2-Peer CLIB enables your applications to incorporate Peer-to-Peer functionality for sending and responding to messages between local and remote computers via TCP/IP ( including video conferencing). This CLIB is included with LEADTOOLS Raster, Vector, Medical, and Document Imaging products.

The LEADTOOLS Peer-2-Peer CLIB enables client-server applications to control remote computers using remote procedure calls.

Key Features:

The LEADTOOLS Peer-2-Peer CLIB enables you to:

Use the FeedLoad and load from stream capabilities to load an image (stored in any of over 150 supported file formats) asynchronously over the Internet.
Perform server side image processing;
Convert images from a non browser friendly format to a browser friendly format;
Get and put images into a database.
Parse images and data out of the posted request string.
Use LEADTOOLS on the client side to perform any LEADTOOLS functionality
Control how data is fed to a load routine.
Handle progressive reading and writing of JPEG and LEAD CMP files.
Handle transparency, interlaced formatting, and text in GIF files.
Create and maintain lists of bitmaps that are used for animation.
Create and play animations, read and write animated GIF files, and read AVI files.
Read and write most other image file formats that are transmitted on the Internet.
Create client/server applications, including video conferencing programs.

Additional HTTP and FTP controls allow you to:

Upload images to an FTP server;
Submit images and information from any application to a web server via an HTTP Form.

Requirements:

Peer-to-Peer functionality requires Winsock 2.0 to be installed.

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

For more information, refer to:

Programming with LEADTOOLS Peer-to-Peer Functions

Demo Programs

LEAD Peer-to-Peer Support Forum

Summary of Supported Image File Formats