ShowOcr Method

Example-VB

Displays a dialog box for OCR settings.

Available With

Ö Imaging for Windows Professional Edition V1.0, V1.1, and V2.0
Imaging for Windows 95 and 98
Imaging for Windows NT 4.0

Applies To

Image OCR control

Syntax

object.ShowOcr

Arguments

None

Return Value

Long

Setting Description

0 Dialog box was canceled.
1 OK was pressed.

Remarks

The dialog box contains the following fields:

OCR Input OCR Output Page Range
Quality
Layout
Recognize
Output Format
Page layout
Retain/discard pictures
All
Current Page
Specified pages
Selection

The following properties are used to set the initial values when the dialog box is opened.

Layout Pages RetainPageLayout
OcrFromClipboard Processing Mode RetainPictures
OutputType Quality

If OcrFromClipboard is set to true, the selection field is enabled and selected.

Entries made to dialog box fields change the values of the properties listed above.

The Pages property is set to zero if Current Page is selected, and to a blank string if All is selected.

Before you call the StartOcr method, the Pages property must reflect the current page number.

The Options button open the Options dialog box. Refer to the ShowOcrOptions method.