Take the following steps to create and run a program that uses the LEADTOOLS WF activities to load an image, flip it then save it as JPEG:
- Start Visual Studio .NET.
- Choose File > New > Project... from the menu.
- In the New Project dialog box, choose either "Visual C#" or "Visual Basic" then "Workflow" in the Projects Type List, and choose "Sequential Workflow Console Application" in the Templates List.
- Type the project name as "WfLoadSave" 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, and select "Add Reference..." from the context menu. In the "Add Reference..." dialog box, select the ".NET" tab, browse to the "<LEADTOOLS_INSTALLDIR>\Bin\DotNet\Win32 folder, and select the following DLLs:
- Leadtools.Workflow.Raster.dll
- Leadtools.Workflow.ImageProcessing.dll
- Click Select and then click OK to add the above DLLs to the application.
- Set the output folder of the project .exe to where LEADTOOLS 18 .Net DLLs are installed. For example: "<LEADTOOLS_INSTALLDIR>\Bin\Dotnet\Win32".
- To add the LEADTOOLS activities to your toolbox, right-click the toolbox and select "Choose Items". In the "Choose Toolbox Items" dialog, go the "Activities" tab, and browse for and select the same DLLs from a previous step.
- Double-click your project's workflow to open it for editing, then select the following activities from the toolbox and place them on the workflow in the order specified:LoadImageActivity, FlipActivity, SaveImageActivity.
- Set the Url property of the LoadImageActivity to a path to an image file such as "LEADTOOLS Images\ImageProcessingDemo\IMAGE1.CMP".
- Set the TargetFile and Format properties of the SaveImageActivity to "c:\result.jpg" and "Jpeg" respectively.
- Bind the Image property of the FlipActivity to the Image property of the LoadImageActivity.
- Bind the Image property of the SaveImageActivity to the Image property of the FlipActivity.
- Set the DisposeImage property of the SaveImageActivity to true.
- 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.