A Document Conversion Tool by Black Ice Software

The Image SDK/ActiveX is built upon Black Ice technology used by customers for many years. The Image SDK/ActiveX is a software development tool that helps application developers and programmers create applications with sophisticated image processing capabilities. The SDK works on every Windows operating system from Windows Server 2003 to Windows 95 and because it includes both C/C++ libraries and ActiveX controls, the functionality of the product can be accessed from most programming languages like C, C++, Visual Basic, Delphi, MS FoxPro, and MS Access. The Image SDK/ActiveX is also .NET compatible meaning that VB.NET, C#, and J# programmers can also take full advantage of the product.

Structurally, Image SDK/ActiveX consists of a set of DLLs and ActiveX controls. Each DLL and ActiveX control implements a specific, well-defined feature set, which is designed to help developers to pinpoint specific functionality.

Based on the above structure, the Image SDK/ActiveX can be divided into the following main components:

Display

The Image SDK/ActiveX includes a very powerful feature that makes displaying images to any display device easy. The display feature included in the Image SDK/ActiveX provides an easy to use solution for developers. Application developers now do not have to spend expensive engineering time implementing complicated display routines. Just a few function calls and the Black Ice display routine will do the rest.

Compression

The Image SDK/ActiveX control supports all of the popular data compression methods used in Document Imaging.

TWAIN scanner support

Scanning support is based on the latest TWAIN 1.9 drivers. With the latest TWAIN drivers, application developers have total control over almost every aspect of the scanning process. Applications can even turn on and off the use of the document feeder that some newer scanners have in order to perform batch scanning or automated scanning.

File formats (loading, saving and converting images from one format to another)

The Image SDK/ActiveX support several file formats. From simple BMP files to more complex TIFF and JPEG files, everything is included. The Image SDK can help create standard Group 3 1d, Group 3 2d or Group 4 faxable TIFF files, create JPEG files for web sites, color faxing or photo albums, or use other formats like PCX, DCX, PNG. The TIFF and JPEG libraries developed by Black Ice Software are one of the first and most extensive TIFF and JPEG file format processing and encoding/decoding library available on the market. The Image SDK/ActiveX control can be further enhanced by upgrading to Document Imaging SDK with PDF file format support.

Printing

Black Ice imaging and image processing tools provide an easy way to print images in single or multiple print jobs with a wide variety of options. When printing, today’s applications not only want to create a paper copy of an image file but also want to specify the way in which the image will be printed. The image has to be positioned on the paper according to a predefined location, printed with its original size or stretched to a specific size. Some applications even require printing more than one image on the same page so the amount of paper wasted would be minimal. Black Ice imaging tools provide several powerful options to meet these needs.

Fax Image Processing

One very important area where image processing is commonly used is faxing. During faxing image files are being transferred from one device to another. The format, the size and the resolution of the image file that can be transferred is specified by the fax standard and by the device (i.e. fax board) that will transmit the file.

Internet

Black Ice Software’s Image SDK ActiveX controls are designed to assist developers in building web-based Internet imaging applications. You can build a server based or client based image-processing web application with quick integration using the Document Imaging ActiveX controls.

Transformations

Image transformations are important and one of the most widely used components of any imaging toolkit. Image transforms produce results quickly without degrading the quality of the image.

Text Processing

Black Ice imaging tools include a wide variety of text processing functions that can be very helpful in many different application areas.

Sample Applications:

Additionally, the Image SDK contains a variety of new sample applications, which demonstrate the new document conversion capabilities and features. The product is fully .NET compatible and also provides sample source code written in C#, VB.NET, and J# to demonstrate the powerful document conversion options

Visual Studio 2005, and VB.NET 8.0 Support has also been added.

Operating Systems Supported:
32-bit Windows Server 2003 family, XP, 2000, NT 4.0 and ME/98/95.

Licensing

The Black Ice Image SDK is royalty free and is licensed per developed application, so you can incorporate them with your application without any additional license fees.

System Requirements

windows operating systems