HOW TO: Load an image, Add and Burn annotations, and Save the image without display

This simple C# 2005 example shows how to use the LEADTOOLS v16 .NET libraries to load a multipage image, add a text annotation to each page, burn the annotations to the image, and then save the image to disk without displaying the image or annotations.  One applicaion this would be useful for would be a service that is intended to stamp batches of documents with text, stamps, or redacts.

The main classes and functions used in this demo are:
RasterCodecs.Load
RasterCodecs.Save
AnnAutomation.Realize

For a low-level approach (without automation or the RasterImageViewer control), please see the following posting:
https://www.leadtools.com/support/forum/posts/t6960-HOW-TO--Load-an-image--add-annotations--and-save-the-image-without-display-and-without-the-RasterI

Edited by user Wednesday, May 10, 2017 4:17:59 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Updated link

Updated to LEADTOOLS v19 with Visual Studio 2017. Also changed project to automatically select dll's for running in 32-bit and 64-bit.
Extract to "C:\LEADTOOLS 19\Examples\DotNet\CS\" to use the example.

There is an included Tiff file ("CS_AnnWithoutDisplay.tif") for testing, copy to the "LEADTOOLS Images" directory ("C:\Users\Public\Documents\LEADTOOLS Images\") before running.

Project updated to LEADTOOLS v20 with Visual Studio 2019. It is no longer necessary to copy the included test file to the "LEADTOOLS Images" directory("C:\Users\Public\Documents\LEADTOOLS Images\"). The TIFF file ("ocr1-4.tif") used for testing is already located in the "LEADTOOLS Images" directory.