Changes from Version 14 to Version 14.5

Version 14.5 of the LEADTOOLS C++ Class Library has changed from Version 14 as follows:

With this mid-release of LEADTOOLS version 14, many new features are being introduced to the annotations. Some of these features alter the way annotations are displayed. Other features change or enhance the user interface. To maintain backward compatibility within version 14, most of these features must be enabled by calling the LAnnotation::SetOptions functions. In LEADTOOLS version 15, these options will be enabled by default.

• The following features are being introduced:

• New Rubber Stamp Display Style

• New XP Style Annotation Toolbar

• New Alpha Background Fill Option

• New Annotation Rotate Option

• New Annotation Side Handles

• New Annotation Multi-select

• New Annotation Cursors

• New ESC to Cancel

• New Calibrate Ruler Feature

• New Dot Dash Lines

• New Text Annotation Options

• New XML Format

• For detailed information regarding the new features, refer to New Annotation Features of Version 14.5.

• LEADTOOLS now supports the Zoom View, which provides a means of "zooming in" on the image loaded into the window to which it is attached. This is similar to having multiple magnifying glasses on the same source image.

• LEADTOOLS supports the GeoKeys, which are TIFF files containing a few extra TIFF tags describing the image location, scale at which the picture was taken, and other information useful for topographic applications.

• LEADTOOLS supports creating a Kaufmann region.

• LEADTOOLS has added new functionality to the ImageList Control, for sorting the items in the image list based on their text or Extended Text attributes, inserting a list of bitmaps into the ImageList Control, and exporting a number of bitmaps from the ImageList Control to a bitmap list

• LEADTOOLS has added new functionality to change the image data type from signed to unsigned and vice versa.

• LEADTOOLS supports functions for loading embedded ICC profiles from JPEG, TIFF or EPS files.

• LEADTOOLS provides Image Optimization functionality to optimize certain image file formats, by saving images using the optimal bits per pixel, based on specific optimization options.

• LEADTOOLS supports CMYK functions, which handle CMYK TIFF Files as separate bitmaps.

• LEADTOOLS has added new functionality, which handles the TIFF and Exif files, such as compact TIFF files, enumerates all the tags in TIFF and Exif files, and deletes tags from TIFF and Exif files.

• LEADTOOLS supports reading a comment from a file at a specific location.

• LEADTOOLS has added new functionality to create a new region, or update an existing region, based on either an HSV range or an RGB range.

• When loading a TXT file, you can get or change the current values for the control options used by LEADTOOLS.

• When saving a JBIG2 file, you can get or change the current values for the control options used by LEADTOOLS.

• LEADTOOLS has added many new image processing functions.

• LEADTOOLS provides functionality for compressing and decompressing ABIC images in buffers.

• Please note that version 14.5 is the last version that will support the following file formats:

File Formats: MrSid Format (SID)

File Formats: DjVu Format (DJVU)

• LEADTOOLS now supports the following new file formats:

ABC Format (ABC). As of LEADTOOLS v22 ABC format is no longer supported.

File Formats: ABIC Format (ABIC, ICA)

File Formats: JBIG2 Format (JB2)

File Formats: TXT Format (TXT)

Changed Structures

• The LAYERINFO structure has 1 new member.

New Functions

The rest of this topic lists the new functions in version 14.5:

Annotation

LAnnotation::CalibrateRuler

LAnnotation::GetAutoSnapCursor

LAnnotation::GetFillModeExt

LAnnotation::GetOptions

LAnnotation::GetRotateOptions

LAnnotation::GetTextOptions

LAnnotation::SetAutoSnapCursor

LAnnotation::SetFillModeExt

LAnnotation::SetOptions

LAnnotation::SetRotateOptions

LAnnotation::SetTextOptions

LAnnotation::TextEdit

Annotation Automation

LAnnAutomation::SetAutoHilightPen

Zoom View

LBitmapWindow::AddZoomView

LBitmapWindow::DestroyZoomView

LBitmapWindow::EnableHiliteZoomView

LBitmapWindow::GetZoomViewsCount

LBitmapWindow::GetZoomViewProps

LBitmapWindow::HasZoomView

LBitmapWindow::IsHiliteZoomViewEnabled

LBitmapWindow::UpdateZoomView

GeoKeys

LFile::SetGeoKey

LFile::GetGeoKey

LFile::WriteGeoKey

LFile::ReadGeoKey

LFile::EnumGeoKeys

LFile::EnumGeoKeysCallBack

Bitmap

LBitmap::Add

LBitmap::Perlin

LBitmap::ColoredPencil

Change the image data type (Signed / Unsigned)

LBitmap::ShiftMinimumToZero

LBitmap::ShiftZeroToNegative

Kaufmann region

LBitmap::SetKaufmannRgn

Image Optimization

LOptimize::LOptimize

LOptimize::~LOptimize

LOptimize::GetDefaultOptions

LOptimize::OptimizeBuffer

LOptimize::OptimizeBufferCallBack

LOptimize::OptimizeDir

LOptimize::OptimizeDirCallBack

Image List Control

LImageListControl::SortExt

LImageListControl::ImportBitmapList

LImageListControl::ExportBitmapList

CMYK TIFF Files

LFile::LoadCMYKArray

LFile::SaveCMYKArray

LPaint::PaintDCCMYKArray

Handling TIFF and Exif Files

LFile::Compact

LFile::EnumTags

LFile::EnumTagsCallBack

LFile::DeleteTag

Reading a comment from a file at a specific location

LFile::ReadCommentOffset

HSV and RGB ranges

LBitmapRgn::SetRgnColorHSVRange

LBitmapRgn::SetRgnColorRGBRange

Loading TXT file Options

LFileSettings::GetTXTOptions

LFileSettings::SetTXTOptions

Saving JBIG2 file Options

LFileSettings::GetJBIG2Options

LFileSettings::SetJBIG2Options

Image Processing Functions

LBitmap::AdjustTint

LBitmap::BricksTexture

LBitmap::Canvas

LBitmap::Clouds

LBitmap::ColoredBalls

LBitmap::ColoredPencil

LBitmap::ColorHalfTone

LBitmap::CorrelationList

LBitmap::DeskewExt

LBitmap::DiffuseGlow

LBitmap::DisplaceMap

LBitmap::Fragment

LBitmap::GammaCorrectExt

LBitmap::HalfTonePattern

LBitmap::HighPassFilter

LBitmap::MaskConvolution

LBitmap::MosaicTiles

LBitmap::Offset

LBitmap::Perlin

LBitmap::Perspective

LBitmap::PlasmaFilter

LBitmap::Pointillist

LBitmap::RomanMosaic

LBitmap::Vignette

LBitmap::ZigZag

Miscellaneous

LBase::EncodeABIC

LBase::DecodeABIC

LBitmapBase::GetLoadStatus

New Structures

ANNROTATEOPTIONS

ANNTEXTOPTIONS

ZOOMVIEWPROPS

LILEXPORTBITMAPLIST

LILIMPORTBITMAPLIST

LILSORTOPTIONS

OPTIMIZEIMAGEOPTIONS

OPTIMIZEIMAGEDIRINFO

JPEGCOLORSPACE

HSVREF

MOSAICTILESINFO

PLASMAINFO

VIGNETTEINFO

FILEJBIG2OPTIONS

FILETXTOPTIONS

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