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Creating an ICC Profile
The following steps create a new ICC profile, and add to it 3 tags. The first tag will be created from scratch. The second one will be taken from an existing ICC profile, modified and then added to the new ICC profile. The final tag will be taken from an existing ICC profile and added to the new ICC profile without modifications.
  1. Start Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.
  2. Choose File->New->Project… from the menu.
  3. In the New Project dialog box, choose Other Languages from the Project Types list, then choose either "Visual C#" or "Visual Basic" in the, and then choose "Windows Application" in the Templates List.
  4. Type the project name as "Creating an ICC Profile" in the Name field, and then choose OK. If desired, type a new location for your project or select a directory using the Browse button, and then choose OK.
  5. In the "Solution Explorer" window, right-click on "Creating an ICC Profile" project, and select "Add Reference…" from the context menu. In the "Add Reference" dialog box, select the "Browse" tab and browse to the "LEAD Technologies\LEADTOOLS xx\Bin\Dotnet\Win32" folder and select the following DLLs:
    • Leadtools.dll
    • Leadtools.Codecs.dll
    • Leadtools.ColorConversion.dll
    and then click the OK button to add the above DLLs to the application.
  6. Make sure Form1 is in design view. From the toolbox (View->Toolbox), add a Button control (Text = "ICC").
  7. Switch to Form1 code view (right-click Form1 in the solution explorer then select View Code ) and add the following lines at the beginning of the file:

    [Visual Basic]

                    Imports Leadtools
                    Imports Leadtools.Codecs
                    Imports Leadtools.ColorConversion
                 
    
    [C#]
                    using Leadtools;
                    using Leadtools.Codecs;
                    using Leadtools.ColorConversion;
                 
    
  8. double-click the button1 Button on the form to add the event handler for it and add the following code:

    [Visual Basic]

                    'Fill the oldIccProfile structure as an existing ICC profile from a specific file:
                    Dim oldIccProfile As New IccProfileExtended("C:\Users\Public\Documents\LEADTOOLS Images\ICCv42.icc")
                
                    'Copy the header of the existing ICC profile as it is in the header of the new ICC profile:
                    Dim header As IccHeader = IccHeader.Empty
                    header.CmmID = oldIccProfile.Header.CmmID
                    header.Version = oldIccProfile.Header.Version
                    header.DeviceClass = oldIccProfile.Header.DeviceClass
                    header.ColorSpace = oldIccProfile.Header.ColorSpace
                    header.Pcs = oldIccProfile.Header.Pcs
                    header.DateTime = oldIccProfile.Header.DateTime
                    header.ProfileSignature = oldIccProfile.Header.ProfileSignature
                    header.Platform = oldIccProfile.Header.Platform
                    header.Flags = oldIccProfile.Header.Flags
                    header.Manufacturer = oldIccProfile.Header.Manufacturer
                    header.Model = oldIccProfile.Header.Model
                    header.Attributes = oldIccProfile.Header.Attributes
                    header.RenderingIntent = oldIccProfile.Header.RenderingIntent
                    header.Illuminant = oldIccProfile.Header.Illuminant
                    header.Creator = oldIccProfile.Header.Creator
                
                    'Create tag #1 and call it calibrationDateTimeTag, fill it with the current system time, then insert
                    'it into the new ICC profile:
                
                    ' define the systemDateTime class and get the current date and time
                    Dim systemDateTime As System.DateTime = System.DateTime.Now
                
                    Dim dateTimeType As New IccDateTime(CShort(systemDateTime.Year), CShort(systemDateTime.Month), CShort(systemDateTime.Day), CShort(systemDateTime.Hour), CShort(systemDateTime.Minute), CShort(systemDateTime.Second))
                    Dim dateTimeTagType As New IccDateTimeTagType(dateTimeType)
                
                    ' add the date/time to the header
                    header.DateTime = dateTimeType
                
                    ' create the new ICC Profile, and add the header to it
                    Dim newIccProfile As New IccProfileExtended()
                    newIccProfile.Header = header
                
                    ' Now insert the tag into the new ICC profile   
                    newIccProfile.AddTag(dateTimeTagType, IccTag.CalibrationDateTimeTag, IccTagTypeBase.DateTimeTypeSignature)
                
                    'Tag #2 is called the mediaWhitePointTag, and it will be copied from the existing ICC profile, then
                    'modified with random values that have no useful meaning, and finally inserted into the new ICC profile:
                
                    ' get mediaWhitePoint tag from the old ICC profile and modify it
                    Dim xyzTagType As New IccXyzTagType()
                    xyzTagType = CType(oldIccProfile.GetTag(IccTag.MediaWhitePointTag), IccXyzTagType)
                
                    xyzTagType.Data(0).X = IccTools.FromDoubleTo2bFixed2bNumber(0.123)
                    xyzTagType.Data(0).Y = IccTools.FromDoubleTo2bFixed2bNumber(0.456)
                    xyzTagType.Data(0).Z = IccTools.FromDoubleTo2bFixed2bNumber(0.789)
                
                    ' insert it in the new ICC profile
                    newIccProfile.AddTag(xyzTagType, IccTag.MediaWhitePointTag, IccTagTypeBase.XyzTypeSignature)
                
                    ' Tag #3 is called the technologyTag, and it will be copied from the existing ICC profile, and inserted
                    ' into the new ICC profile without modifying its values.
                
                    ' get the technologyTag and keep it as it is
                    Dim signatureTagType As IccSignatureTagType = CType(oldIccProfile.GetTag(IccTag.TechnologyTag), IccSignatureTagType)
                    newIccProfile.AddTag(signatureTagType, IccTag.TechnologyTag, IccTagTypeBase.SignatureTypeSignature)
                
                    ' Generate the Data member of the new ICC profile and create the new ICC profile:
                    ' finally generate the new ICC file
                    newIccProfile.GenerateProfileId()
                    newIccProfile.UpdateDataArray()
                    newIccProfile.GenerateIccFile("C:\Users\Public\Documents\LEADTOOLS Images\NewICCv42VB.icc")
                 
    
    [C#]
                    //Fill the oldIccProfile structure as an existing ICC profile from a specific file:
                    IccProfileExtended oldIccProfile = new IccProfileExtended(@"C:\Users\Public\Documents\LEADTOOLS Images\ICCv42.icc");
                
                    //Copy the header of the existing ICC profile as it is in the header of the new ICC profile:
                    IccHeader header = IccHeader.Empty;
                    header.CmmID = oldIccProfile.Header.CmmID;
                    header.Version = oldIccProfile.Header.Version;
                    header.DeviceClass = oldIccProfile.Header.DeviceClass;
                    header.ColorSpace = oldIccProfile.Header.ColorSpace;
                    header.Pcs = oldIccProfile.Header.Pcs;
                    header.DateTime = oldIccProfile.Header.DateTime;
                    header.ProfileSignature = oldIccProfile.Header.ProfileSignature;
                    header.Platform = oldIccProfile.Header.Platform;
                    header.Flags = oldIccProfile.Header.Flags;
                    header.Manufacturer = oldIccProfile.Header.Manufacturer;
                    header.Model = oldIccProfile.Header.Model;
                    header.Attributes = oldIccProfile.Header.Attributes;
                    header.RenderingIntent = oldIccProfile.Header.RenderingIntent;
                    header.Illuminant = oldIccProfile.Header.Illuminant;
                    header.Creator = oldIccProfile.Header.Creator;
                
                    //Create tag #1 and call it calibrationDateTimeTag, fill it with the current system time, then insert
                    //it into the new ICC profile:
                
                    // define the systemDateTime class and get the current date and time
                    System.DateTime systemDateTime = System.DateTime.Now;
                
                    IccDateTime dateTimeType = new IccDateTime((ushort)systemDateTime.Year, (ushort)systemDateTime.Month, (ushort)systemDateTime.Day, (ushort)systemDateTime.Hour, (ushort)systemDateTime.Minute, (ushort)systemDateTime.Second);
                    IccDateTimeTagType dateTimeTagType = new IccDateTimeTagType(dateTimeType);
                
                    // add the date/time to the header
                    header.DateTime = dateTimeType;
                
                    // create the new ICC Profile, and add the header to it
                    IccProfileExtended newIccProfile = new IccProfileExtended();
                    newIccProfile.Header = header;
                
                    // Now insert the tag into the new ICC profile   
                    newIccProfile.AddTag(dateTimeTagType, IccTag.CalibrationDateTimeTag, IccTagTypeBase.DateTimeTypeSignature);
                
                    //Tag #2 is called the mediaWhitePointTag, and it will be copied from the existing ICC profile, then
                    //modified with random values that have no useful meaning, and finally inserted into the new ICC profile:
                
                    // get mediaWhitePoint tag from the old ICC profile and modify it
                    IccXyzTagType xyzTagType = new IccXyzTagType();
                    xyzTagType = (IccXyzTagType)oldIccProfile.GetTag(IccTag.MediaWhitePointTag);
                
                    xyzTagType.Data[0].X = IccTools.FromDoubleTo2bFixed2bNumber(0.123);
                    xyzTagType.Data[0].Y = IccTools.FromDoubleTo2bFixed2bNumber(0.456);
                    xyzTagType.Data[0].Z = IccTools.FromDoubleTo2bFixed2bNumber(0.789);
                
                    // insert it in the new ICC profile
                    newIccProfile.AddTag(xyzTagType, IccTag.MediaWhitePointTag, IccTagTypeBase.XyzTypeSignature);
                
                    //Tag #3 is called the technologyTag, and it will be copied from the existing ICC profile, and inserted
                    //into the new ICC profile without modifying its values.
                
                    // get the technologyTag and keep it as it is
                    IccSignatureTagType signatureTagType = (IccSignatureTagType)oldIccProfile.GetTag(IccTag.TechnologyTag);
                    newIccProfile.AddTag(signatureTagType, IccTag.TechnologyTag, IccTagTypeBase.SignatureTypeSignature);
                
                    //Generate the Data member of the new ICC profile and create the new ICC profile:
                    // finally generate the new ICC file
                    newIccProfile.GenerateProfileId();
                    newIccProfile.UpdateDataArray();
                    newIccProfile.GenerateIccFile(@"C:\Users\Public\Documents\LEADTOOLS Images\NewICCv42CS.icc");
                 
    
  9. Build, and Run the program to test it.