A Scanning, TWAIN or Image Acquisition Control/Component by Atalasoft

Features

• Full context sensitive help and documentation


• Object-oriented design; a TWAIN extension to the .NET Framework


• Create a custom interface to scan images, or use the default TWAIN interface


• Automatic Document Feeder support, with full control of the feeder operations


• File system support for navigating the internal device memory


• Acquire images directly to file utilizing compression algorithms supported by the device


• A select region of the scanning bed to be acquired with frame support


• Upload a scanned image to a server with the built in HTTP Post class


• Supports Web Deployment; Embed into an Internet Explorer Browser or deploy as a WinForms application


• Simplified automatic capture allowing the device to quickly capture multiple images for later acquisition


• Imprinter/Endorser methods allowing a text string ito be stamped onto the acquired image during the acquisition


• Image dataset support enables acquisition of specific images from a camera in a single operation


• Quickly find out what capabilities, compression modes, frame sizes, resolutions and more, are supported by a device


• Over 70 properties to give total control over the image acquisition

DotTwain Scanning and Acquisition

Powerful Lightweight Scanning Control
Finally, a powerful lightweight scanning component for .NET is available! DotTwain can be used for acquiring images directly to an in-memory image, a file, or posted to the web. Only one 172 kb assembly is required for deployment.

To add simple scanning to your applications, simply drop this component onto your form, and write one line of code.

[C#]
Bitmap bmp = this.acquisition.AcquireModal(false);

[Visual Basic]
Dim bmp As Bitmap = Me.acquisition.AcquireModal(False)

To add more advanced capabilties, including scanning from an automatic document feeder or acquiring multiple images from a camera, just handle the ImageAcquired event which is fired for each image that's acquired. The Device object includes over 70 properties that can be set to directly control the TWAIN driver when scanning images.

No COM Dependencies
Due to the lack of many vendors fully supporting .NET in their advanced components, developers have begun to accept COM as part their.NET applications with no other alternatives. This is against Microsoft's.NET philosophy which eliminates "DLL Hell", allows for easy and secure deployment, and uses a modern Object Oriented programming model. DotTwain fully adopts Microsoft's .NET philosophy without any COM dependencies, "X-Copy" deployment, and a modern object oriented design.