Supported Platforms The ImageKit supports the following
platforms:
Windows 11 / 10 / Windows 8.1 / Windows Server 2022 / 2019 / 2016 /
2012 R2 / 2012
Internet Explorer 11
Supported Containers The ImageKit operates in the following development environments: VisualBasic 6.0, VisualC++ 6.0, VisualStudio 2022 / 2019 / 2017 / 2015 / 2013 / 2012 / 2010 / 2008 / 2005 (COM Wrapper)
* To use the ImageKit10, you must have the Visual C++ 2019 runtime installed.
** When developong with Visual Studio 2022, register the 64-bit version of the ActiveX control in the registry.
Supported Scan Devices The ImageKit can be used with the
following scan devices:
TWAIN Compatible Image Scanner (+ADF)
TWAIN Compatible Digital Camera
TWAIN Compatible Film Scanner
Supported DirectX (DirectShow):
DirectX 9 and above (When using the WebCamera Controls)
Supported Image Formats The ImageKit supports the following image formats
| Raster Image File Formats | Bit/Pixels | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (B&W) |
4 (Color) |
4 (Gray) |
8 (Color) |
8 (Gray) |
16 | 24 | 32 | |
| Windows BMP/ DIB (*1) | Load & Save | Load & Save | Load & Save | Load & Save | Load & Save | Load & Save | Load & Save | Load & Save |
| Windows BMP/ DIB (RLE4) | Load & Save | Load & Save | ||||||
| Windows BMP/ DIB (RLE8) | Load & Save | Load & Save | ||||||
| Exif (JPEG) (*2) | Load & Save | Load & Save | ||||||
| FPX (Standard) (*3) | Load & Save | Load & Save | ||||||
| GIF (GIF87a, GIF89a) (*4) | Load & Save | Load & Save | Load & Save | Load & Save | Load & Save | |||
| JPEG (Standard DCT, Progressive DCT) | Load & Save | Load & Save | ||||||
| JPEG2000 (Part1, Code Stream) | Load & Save | Load & Save | ||||||
| PCX | Load & Save | Load & Save | Load & Save | Load & Save | Load & Save | Load & Save | ||
| PNG | Load & Save | Load & Save | Load & Save | Load & Save | Load & Save | Load & Save | ||
| TIFF (Uncompressed) | Load & Save | Load & Save | Load & Save | Load & Save | Load & Save | Load Only | Load & Save | Load & Save |
| TIFF CCITTRLE | Load & Save | |||||||
| TIFF/GROUP3-1D (*5) | Load & Save | |||||||
| TIFF/GROUP3-2D (*5) | Load & Save | |||||||
| TIFF/GROUP4 (*5) | Load & Save | |||||||
| TIFF/LZW | Load & Save | Load & Save | Load & Save | Load & Save | Load & Save | Load Only | Load & Save | Load & Save |
| TIFF/Packbits | Load & Save | Load & Save | Load & Save | Load & Save | Load & Save | Load Only | Load & Save | Load & Save |
| TIFF/JPEG (6*) | Load & Save | Load & Save | ||||||
| (*1) OS/2 BMP supported for loading only (not
saving) except for 16 and 32 where loading is also unsupported (*2) Version 2.1 supported (loading only) (*3) Does not support optional functions (*4) For saving, only GIF89a is supported (not GIF87a) (*5) GROUP3-1D is also known as MH, GROUP3-2D is also known as MR, and GROUP4 is also known as MMR (6*) Not all TIFF(JPEG compression) files can be loaded. |
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Vector Images The ImageKit supports these vector image
formats: DXF (*7), EMF, SVG (*8), SXF(SFC/P21)**, WMF
(*7) ImageKit supports these DXF items
In Header Section: EXTMAX, EXTMIN
In Table Section: LAYER Color, Line Type
In Entities Section: LINE, POINT, CIRCLE, ARC, TEXT (Options
not supported), 3DFACE (Only loading supported), POLYLINE (Curves
not supported)
In general, the ImageKit supports version GX-III. However the
following contents of GX-III are NOT SUPPORTED by the ImageKit.
In Header Section: Group code other than EXTMAX, EXTMIN
In Table Section: LTYPE, STYLE, UCS, VIEW, VPORT
In Entities Section: ATTDEF, ATTRIB, DIMENSION, SHAPE, TRACE,
VIEWPORT
(*8) ImageKit supports these SVG items
SVG_CIRCLE, SVG_LINE, SVG_POLYGON, SVG_POLYLINE, SVG_TEXT,
SVG_RECT
**Support is provided for SXF standard version 3.0. In order to build, sell, or distribute applications that use SXF, you must first execute a license agreement (free) with JACIC (Japan Construction Information Center). For more details see: http://www.cals.jacic.or.jp/cad/index.html or write to cad@jacic.or.jp.