AnnotationOcrType Property

Example-VB Example-VC++

Returns or sets the type of OCR zone to be drawn on an image page.

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 Annotation Tool Button control, Image Edit control

Syntax

object.AnnotationOcrType[=value]

Data Type

Integer (enumerated)

Constant Setting Description

wiOcrTypeText 0 (default) OCR Text zone Defines an area of an image containing text to be processed by the OCR engine.  When the OCR engine encounters a text zone, it converts the underlying image to text.  When drawn, an OCR Text zone is dark green in color.
WiOcrTypePicture 1 OCR Picture zone Defines an area of an image containing one or more pictures that should not be processed by the OCR engine.  When the OCR engine encounters a picture zone, it does not convert the underlying image to text, it retains the image as a graphic instead.  When drawn, an OCR Picture zone is dark magenta in color.

Remarks

Applies to the OCR Zones annotation type only.

While users can draw OCR Zone annotations on any type of image, OCR processing functions only with zones drawn on read/write TIFF images.