Take the following steps to create and run a program that uses LEADTOOLS Workflow Scan Activity:
- Start Visual Studio .NET.
- Choose File->New->Project… from the menu.
- In the New Project dialog box, choose either "Visual C# Projects" - Workflow or "Visual Basic Projects" - Workflow in the Templates choose "Sequential Workflow Console Application".
- Type the project name as "Using Leadtools Workflow Scan Activity" in the Project 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 .
- In the "Solution Explorer" window, right-click on the "References" folder (For a VB project, right-click on the project file in solution explorer), and select "Add Reference…" from the context menu. In the "Add Reference" dialog box, select the ".NET" tab and browse to the "<LEADTOOLS_INSTALLDIR>\Bin\DotNet\Win32 " folder and select the following DLLs:
- Leadtools.Workflow.Scan.dll
- Leadtools.Workflow.Raster.dll
Click the Select button and then press the OK button to add the above DLL to the application.
- To add the LEADTOOLS activities to your toolbox, right-click the toolbox and select "Choose Items". In the "Choose Toolbox Items" dialog, go the tab "Activities" , and browse for and select the activities from the following DLLs (Namespace Leadtools.Workflow):
- Leadtools.Workflow.Scan.dll
- Leadtools.Workflow.Raster.dll
- Double-click Workflow1 to open it in design mode, then select the following activities from the toolbox and place them on the workflow in the order specified:ScanActivity, SaveImageActivity.
- Set the TargetFile and Format properties of the SaveImageActivity to "c:\result.jpg" and "Jpeg" respectively.
- Bind the Image property of the SaveImageActivity to the WorkflowImage property of the ScanActivity.
- Set the output folder of the project .exe to where LEADTOOLS .Net DLLs are installed. For example: <LEADTOOLS_INSTALLDIR>\Bin\Dotnet\Win32
- Build, and Run the program to test it.
