Load(string) Method

Summary

Loads the OCR engine settings from a disk file.

Syntax

C++

public void Load( 
   string fileName 
)

Overloads Sub Load( _ 
   ByVal fileName As String _ 
)

void Load(  
   String^ fileName 
)

Parameters

fileName
The name of the file containing the settings.

Remarks

Once you set up the OCR engine, you can re-use these settings by saving the engine state into memory or to an XML file on disk. You can later reload these settings and use them in the same or different instance of IOcrEngine.

The following table lists all of the states loaded from the XML file. After the load operation completes, some or all of the settings below will be changed.

Part	Members
IOcrSettingManager (accessed through IOcrEngine.SettingManager	All the settings as obtained through IOcrSettingManager.GetSettingNames
IOcrLanguageManager (accessed through IOcrEngine.LanguageManager	The value of IOcrLanguageManager.GetEnabledLanguages
IOcrSpellCheckManager (accessed through IOcrEngine.SpellCheckManager	The values of IOcrSpellCheckManager.SpellCheckEngine and IOcrSpellCheckManager.SpellLanguage.
IOcrDocumentManager (accessed through IOcrEngine.DocumentManager	The values of the IOcrDocumentManager.RejectionSymbol and IOcrDocumentManager.MissingSymbol.

You can save the settings to a disk file using Save, you can load and save the settings into any .NET stream using Load and Save.

Example

This example changes some OCR engine settings and saves them to a file. It shuts down the engine, restarts it and reloads the last settings used.

using Leadtools; 
using Leadtools.Codecs; 
using Leadtools.Ocr; 
using Leadtools.Document.Writer; 
 
public void LoadSettingsExample1() 
{ 
   string settingsFileName = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, "PlusSettings.xml"); 
   string userDictionaryFileName = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, "MyDictionary.ud"); 
 
   // Create an instance of the engine 
   using (IOcrEngine ocrEngine = OcrEngineManager.CreateEngine(OcrEngineType.LEAD)) 
   { 
      // Start the engine using default parameters 
      ocrEngine.Startup(null, null, null, LEAD_VARS.OcrLEADRuntimeDir); 
 
      IOcrSettingManager settingManager = ocrEngine.SettingManager; 
 
      // Enable English and German character sets 
      ocrEngine.LanguageManager.EnableLanguages(new string[] { "en", "de" }); 
 
      // Set the spell checking options 
      ocrEngine.SpellCheckManager.SpellCheckEngine = OcrSpellCheckEngine.Native; 
      ocrEngine.SpellCheckManager.SpellLanguage = "en"; 
 
      // Change some settings 
      settingManager.SetValue("SaveDocument.FormatLevel", "Part"); 
      settingManager.SetBooleanValue("SaveDocument.Document.TextInBoxes", false); 
      settingManager.SetIntegerValue("SaveDocument.Document.Margin.Left", 2400); 
      settingManager.SetStringValue("SaveDocument.Character.ProportionalSansSerifFontName", "MyFont"); 
      settingManager.SetStringValue("SaveDocument.Mark.BeforeMissingCharacterSeparator", "MyMark"); 
      settingManager.SetValue("SaveDocument.Mark.BeginOfLineSeparator", null); 
      // Change an enum using an integer 
      settingManager.SetEnumValue("SaveDocument.Mark.SuspectedCharacterColor", 7); 
      // Change an enum using strings 
      settingManager.SetEnumValue("SaveDocument.Mark.RejectionCharacterColor", "Blue, Green, Red"); 
 
      // Save the settings 
      settingManager.Save(settingsFileName); 
 
      // Note: calling Dispose will also automatically shutdown the engine if it has been started 
      ocrEngine.Shutdown(); 
   } 
 
   // Now create another instance of the engine, load the settings and make sure they are the same 
   using (IOcrEngine ocrEngine = OcrEngineManager.CreateEngine(OcrEngineType.LEAD)) 
   { 
      // Start the engine using default parameters 
      ocrEngine.Startup(null, null, null, LEAD_VARS.OcrLEADRuntimeDir); 
 
      IOcrSettingManager settingManager = ocrEngine.SettingManager; 
 
      // Load the settings 
      settingManager.Load(settingsFileName); 
 
      // Check the character set 
      string[] languages = ocrEngine.LanguageManager.GetEnabledLanguages(); 
      Debug.Assert(languages[0] == "en" && languages[1] == "de"); 
 
      // Check the spell checking options 
      Debug.Assert(ocrEngine.SpellCheckManager.SpellCheckEngine == OcrSpellCheckEngine.Native); 
      Debug.Assert(ocrEngine.SpellCheckManager.SpellLanguage == "en"); 
 
      // Check the settings 
      Debug.Assert(settingManager.GetValue("SaveDocument.FormatLevel") == "Part"); 
      Debug.Assert(settingManager.GetBooleanValue("SaveDocument.Document.TextInBoxes") == false); 
      Debug.Assert(settingManager.GetIntegerValue("SaveDocument.Document.Margin.Left") == 2400); 
      Debug.Assert(settingManager.GetStringValue("SaveDocument.Character.ProportionalSansSerifFontName") == "MyFont"); 
      Debug.Assert(settingManager.GetStringValue("SaveDocument.Mark.BeforeMissingCharacterSeparator") == "MyMark"); 
      Debug.Assert(settingManager.GetValue("SaveDocument.Mark.BeginOfLineSeparator") == null); 
      Debug.Assert(settingManager.GetEnumValue("SaveDocument.Mark.SuspectedCharacterColor") == 7); 
      Debug.Assert(settingManager.GetEnumValueAsString("SaveDocument.Mark.RejectionCharacterColor") == "Blue, Green, Red"); 
 
      // Note: calling Dispose will also automatically shutdown the engine if it has been started 
      ocrEngine.Shutdown(); 
   } 
} 
 
static class LEAD_VARS 
{ 
   public const string ImagesDir = @"C:\LEADTOOLS21\Resources\Images"; 
   public const string OcrLEADRuntimeDir = @"C:\LEADTOOLS21\Bin\Common\OcrLEADRuntime"; 
}

Imports Leadtools 
Imports Leadtools.Codecs 
Imports Leadtools.Ocr 
Imports Leadtools.Document.Writer 
 
Public Sub LoadSettingsExample1() 
   Dim settingsFileName As String = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, "PlusSettings.xml") 
   Dim userDictionaryFileName As String = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, "MyDictionary.ud") 
 
   ' Create an instance of the engine 
   Using ocrEngine As IOcrEngine = OcrEngineManager.CreateEngine(OcrEngineType.LEAD) 
      ' Start the engine using default parameters 
      ocrEngine.Startup(Nothing, Nothing, Nothing, LEAD_VARS.OcrLEADRuntimeDir) 
 
      Dim settingManager As IOcrSettingManager = ocrEngine.SettingManager 
 
      ' Enable English and German character sets 
      ocrEngine.LanguageManager.EnableLanguages(New String() {"en", "de"}) 
 
      ' Set the spell checking options 
      ocrEngine.SpellCheckManager.SpellCheckEngine = OcrSpellCheckEngine.Native 
      ocrEngine.SpellCheckManager.SpellLanguage = "en" 
 
      ' Change some settings 
      settingManager.SetValue("SaveDocument.FormatLevel", "Part") 
      settingManager.SetBooleanValue("SaveDocument.Document.TextInBoxes", False) 
      settingManager.SetIntegerValue("SaveDocument.Document.Margin.Left", 2400) 
      settingManager.SetStringValue("SaveDocument.Character.ProportionalSansSerifFontName", "MyFont") 
      settingManager.SetStringValue("SaveDocument.Mark.BeforeMissingCharacterSeparator", "MyMark") 
      settingManager.SetValue("SaveDocument.Mark.BeginOfLineSeparator", Nothing) 
      ' Change an enum using an integer 
      settingManager.SetEnumValue("SaveDocument.Mark.SuspectedCharacterColor", 7) 
      ' Change an enum using strings 
      settingManager.SetEnumValue("SaveDocument.Mark.RejectionCharacterColor", "Blue, Green, Red") 
 
      ' Save the settings 
      settingManager.Save(settingsFileName) 
 
      ' Note: calling Dispose will also automatically shutdown the engine if it has been started 
      ocrEngine.Shutdown() 
   End Using 
 
   ' Now create another instance of the engine, load the settings and make sure they are the same 
   Using ocrEngine As IOcrEngine = OcrEngineManager.CreateEngine(OcrEngineType.LEAD) 
      ' Start the engine using default parameters 
      ocrEngine.Startup(Nothing, Nothing, Nothing, LEAD_VARS.OcrLEADRuntimeDir) 
 
      Dim settingManager As IOcrSettingManager = ocrEngine.SettingManager 
 
      ' Load the settings 
      settingManager.Load(settingsFileName) 
 
      ' Check the character set 
      Dim languages As String() = ocrEngine.LanguageManager.GetEnabledLanguages() 
      Debug.Assert(languages(0) = "en" AndAlso languages(1) = "de") 
 
      ' Check the spell checking options 
      Debug.Assert(ocrEngine.SpellCheckManager.SpellCheckEngine = OcrSpellCheckEngine.Native) 
      Debug.Assert(ocrEngine.SpellCheckManager.SpellLanguage = "en") 
 
      ' Check the settings 
      Debug.Assert(settingManager.GetValue("SaveDocument.FormatLevel") = "Part") 
      Debug.Assert(settingManager.GetBooleanValue("SaveDocument.Document.TextInBoxes") = False) 
      Debug.Assert(settingManager.GetIntegerValue("SaveDocument.Document.Margin.Left") = 2400) 
      Debug.Assert(settingManager.GetStringValue("SaveDocument.Character.ProportionalSansSerifFontName") = "MyFont") 
      Debug.Assert(settingManager.GetStringValue("SaveDocument.Mark.BeforeMissingCharacterSeparator") = "MyMark") 
      Debug.Assert(settingManager.GetValue("SaveDocument.Mark.BeginOfLineSeparator") Is Nothing) 
      Debug.Assert(settingManager.GetEnumValue("SaveDocument.Mark.SuspectedCharacterColor") = 7) 
      Debug.Assert(settingManager.GetEnumValueAsString("SaveDocument.Mark.RejectionCharacterColor") = "Blue, Green, Red") 
 
      ' Note: calling Dispose will also automatically shutdown the engine if it has been started 
      ocrEngine.Shutdown() 
   End Using 
End Sub 
 
Public NotInheritable Class LEAD_VARS 
   Public Const ImagesDir As String = "C:\LEADTOOLS21\Resources\Images" 
   Public Const OcrLEADRuntimeDir As String = "C:\LEADTOOLS21\Bin\Common\OcrLEADRuntime" 
End Class

Requirements

Target Platforms

Reference

IOcrSettingManager Interface

IOcrSettingManager Members

Overload List

Programming with the LEADTOOLS .NET OCR

OCR engine-specific Settings

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