Supported Platforms/Operating Systems

.NET 6+ and Framework

Raster Image, Document, and Medical Imaging

• C#, VB, C++/CLI, XAML

• WinForms, WPF, Web Forms

The .NET interface makes it easy for C# and VB.NET developers to add state-of-the art technology, including OCR, barcode, PDF, DICOM, viewers, formats, image processing, annotations, compression, and more.

Multimedia: Audio/Video

• C#, VB, C++/CLI

• WinForms

Easily integrate core multimedia functionality such as streaming, playback, conversion, and capture into applications with optional processing filters, which can be applied at any point of the workflow. LEADTOOLS also includes a large collection of specialized multimedia technologies and components for UAV, DVR, video conferencing, distributed transcoding, and much more.

Media Foundation

• Win32 (x86) platforms - All filters, objects, and functions.

• Win64 (x64) platforms - All filters, objects, and functions.

• Windows 7 and later

The LEADTOOLS Media Foundation SDK is designed to provide developers with a full range of tools required to create professional, high-quality media foundation applications.

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.NET 6+, Xamarin

• C#, VB

.NET 6+ makes it easy for developers to add state-of-the art technology, including OCR, barcode, PDF, DICOM, formats, image processing, annotations, compression, and more.

Xamarin Framework Deprecation

As of LEADTOOLS v23, The cross-platform Xamarin framework has been deprecated and replaced with LEADTOOLS .NET MAUI framework.

For any LEADTOOLS Xamarin apps you have already built, we recommend you migrate to the LEADTOOLS .NET MAUI framework. To help you with the migration, review the LEADTOOLS .NET MAUI tutorials to get you started.

This change is driven by Microsoft's announcement to end Xamarin support.

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C Windows API - x86 & x64

Raster Image, Document, and Medical Imaging

• C/C++

• C#, VB, C++/CX, JavaScript

Based on more than 31 years of imaging development, LEADTOOLS Imaging features include more than 150 image formats, image compression, more than 200 image processing functions, image viewers, common dialogs, more than 200 display effects, TWAIN, and WIA scanning, screen capture, and printing.

DirectShow and Video For Windows

• C/C++

Easily integrate core multimedia functionality such as streaming, playback, conversion, and capture into applications with optional processing filters, which can be applied at any point of the workflow. LEADTOOLS also includes a large collection of specialized multimedia technologies and components for UAV, DVR, video conferencing, distributed transcoding, and much more.

Media Foundation

• Win32 (x86) platforms - All filters, objects, and functions.

• Win64 (x64) platforms - All filters, objects, and functions.

• Windows 7 and later

The LEADTOOLS Media Foundation C API provides developers with a full range of tools required to create professional, high-quality multimedia applications.

Media Foundation Transforms

• Win32 (x86) platforms - All filters, objects, and functions.

• Win64 (x64) platforms - All filters, objects, and functions.

• Windows 7 and later

The LEADTOOLS Media Foundation Transforms C API offers Media Foundation transforms that significantly lower the complexity of code needed to play, capture, convert, stream, and process audio and video data. Use the provided interfaces to add Media Foundation technology to development projects without dealing with the complexity of programming directly with Microsoft's Media Foundation APIs.

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HTML5/Javascript

• JavaScript

LEADTOOLS provides a variety of libraries for the web, including HTML5/JavaScript, Web services, cloud services, ASP.NET Web Forms Controls, medical imaging UserControls, and more.

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iOS & macOS

• Objective-C, C/C++, Swift

• Java

Programmers can quickly add powerful features to iOS and macOS applications with LEADTOOLS state-of-the-art features, including OCR, barcode, PDF, DICOM, viewers, formats, image processing, annotations, compression, and more.

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Android

• Java, C/C++

LEADTOOLS includes native Android and Java libraries to leverage the state-of-the-art features in LEADTOOLS to create powerful applications for the Android platform with the utmost in quality and speed. Features OCR, barcode, PDF, DICOM, viewers, formats, image processing, annotations, compression and more.

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For Android API version support, refer to Android/Java Assemblies.

Linux

• C/C++, Java

LEADTOOLS includes shared objects and Java libraries to add state-of-the-art features, including OCR, barcode, PDF, DICOM, formats, image processing, compression, and more. With LEADTOOLS, programmers can add powerful features to Linux applications.

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Java

• Java (Windows, Linux, Android, macOS)

Programmers can leverage the state-of-the-art features in LEADTOOLS. Features OCR, barcode, PDF, DICOM, viewers, formats, image processing, annotations, compression and more on most platforms using a common programming interface.

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Table 1. OCR, ICR, Barcode, PDF, and Forms Processing

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Table 2. Document Editor, Document Viewer, Document Converter, and Document Analyzer

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Table 3. DICOM, PACS, Medical Viewer, and Video/Audio

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