An alternative way to create annotation data is available in all versions of the Imaging for Windowsâproduct:
Each version of Imaging for Windows includes ActiveX (OLE) controls that provide a higher-level interface to the creation of annotation data. In particular, the Image Edit control and the Image Annotation Tool Button control include properties, methods, and events that enable application engineers to implement programmatic generation of annotations. ActiveX methods are callable from many programming environments, including Visual Basic and Visual C++.