DocumentReaderType Enumeration

Indicates the document reader type.

[DataContractAttribute(Name="DocumentReaderType")] 
public enum DocumentReaderType 

  
Public Enum DocumentReaderType  
   Inherits System.Enum 
   Implements System.IComparable, System.IConvertible, System.IFormattable  

public enum class DocumentReaderType : public System.Enum, System.IComparable, System.IConvertible, System.IFormattable   

Members

The DocumentReaderType enumeration is used by the following members:

• As the type of the DocumentReader.ReaderType property that specifies the type of the document reader

The various document readers will parse text differently. Currently, LEADTOOLS ships with the following document readers:

• DocumentReaderType.Pdf: This the document reader responsible for parsing PDF documents. PDF document text is parsed without the need of an OCR engine. PDF support is provided through the Leadtools.Forms.DocumentReaders.Pdf assembly.

• DocumentReaderType.Xps: This the document reader responsible for parsing XPS documents. XPS document text is parsed without the need of an OCR engine. XPS support is provided through the Leadtools.Forms.DocumentReaders.Xps assembly.

• DocumentReaderType.Raster: This the document reader responsible for parsing everything else, such as TIFF and JPEG documents An OCR engine is required to parse the text of the document (by passing a started object of type Leadtools.Forms.Ocr.IOcrEngine to DocumentObjectManager.BeginParse. Raster support is provided through the Leadtools.Forms.DocumentReaders.Raster assembly.

LEADTOOLS will add more document readers and functionality in the near future for documents such as DICOM, DOC/DOCX(2007/2010), XLS/XLSX(2007/2010) and RTF.

More objects types such as images, bookmarks, hyperlinks and annotations will also be added in the near future.

For an example, refer to DocumentReader.

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

Leadtools.Forms.DocumentReaders Namespace