List of major functionality ImageKit7 ActiveX ImageKit8 ActiveX ImageKit.NET ImageKit.NET2
Application Development Environment        
Supports 64bit Application Development (Scanning functions require 64bit scan driver)      
Supports 64bit Application Development (Does not include scanning or plug-in functions)      
Supports Visual Studio 2003 (100% .NET Component)      
Supports Visual Studio 2005/2008 (100% .NET Component)    
Supports Visual Studio 2010 (100% .NET Component)      
Supports Visual Studio 2012 (100% .NET Component)      
Supports Visual Studio 6.0 (ActiveX Component)    
Supports Visual Studio 2003/2005/2008/2010/2012 (COM Wrapper)    
Supports ASP.NET    
Supports Classic ASP    
VS 2005/2008 Windows Form Control    
VS 2005/2008 Web Form Control    
VS 2010 Windows Form Control, Web Form Control      
VS 2012 Windows Form Control, Web Form Control      
VS 2003/2005/2008/2010/2012 Windows Form Control (COM Wrapper)    
Includes .NET Class Library    
Supports "Click Once" deployment    
Supports "No Touch" deployment      
Supports CAB file download to web browser    
Web Form ImageKit Control   Web Form
Display images in the ImageKit Control and Pan Window    
Load and save various types of images    
Image thumbnail selection and display    
Image Display Functions   Windows Form
Display raster and vector images simultaneously in seperate display layers
Display mouse coordinates in tool tip
Scroll using mouse drag
Display 1-bit color images in high quality
Display 4-bit and 8-bit grayscale images in high quality  
Scale, stretch, actual size, fit to height, and fit to width display modes
Set initial display location
Pan window functions for both raster and vector images
Scroll bar control
Select an area on the image for processing
Display a graduated scale  
Display a grid  
Raster image editing toolbar    
Vector image editing toolbar    
Annotation Functions   Windows Form
Draw annotation objects on base image (annotation objects include text, lines, polylines, polygons, rectangles, ellipses, pen, and other images)      
Annotation objects can be moved, edited, rotated, deleted, copied and pasted, after they have been drawn      
Annotation object's Z-order can be changed      
Annotation object information can be saved to a seperate annotation file (xml format)      
Annotation object information can be loaded from file and drawn on any image displayed in the ImageKit Control      
Annotation objects can be rasterized and embedded into the image      
Annotation and editing toolbar included      
Thumbnail Functions   Windows Form
Specialized Thumbnail Control
Easily change the order that thumbnail image are displayed
Can delete specifed thumbnail images
Can customize the thumbnail dialog
Provides a wide range of options for displaying thumbnails
Load file event available
Supports the display of custom pattern
Select multiple thumbnails at the same time
Supports drag and drop
Thumbnail file saves thumbnail information for fast loading
Effect Functions   Windows Form
Embed and retrieve digital watermark
Create new images    
Select and process regions on the image
Layer and paste images together
Create panorama images
Deskew image data      
Duplicate images, copy and paste images to the clipboard, adjusted sharpness, noise reduction, blur, mosaic, outline, emboss, antialias, custom filter, adjust chromance, adjust RGB and YCrCb gamma, level, reverse, spline, increase color, decrease color, enlarge, reduce, rotate, affine adjustment and more
Oil Paint, Canvas, Glasstile, Lens, Ripple, Wave, Whirlpinch, Motion Blur
Scan Functions   Windows Form
Select Scan Device
Use scan driver interface
Build your own custom scan interface
Continuous scanning support through auto document feeder or digital camera
Set scan conditions in custom-built scan interface
Retrieve scanning information
Hook into various scanning events for each scan
Supports file transfer
Supports memory transfer (JPEG, PNG)
Set dropout color
Noise filter
Image filter
Automatic paper detection
Deskew
ADF duplex support
Retrieve digital camera thumbnail images
Set and retrieve monochrome halftone
Set scan scale
Set and retrieve paper size
Retrieve valid range of property values for a particular scanner
Moire filter (Epson scanners)
Unsharp mask (Espon scanners)
Dynamic Threshold (Panasonic scanners)
Deskew smoothing (Panasonic scanners)
Multi-stream support (Panasonic scanners)  
Character orientation detection (Canon DR scanners)  
Skip blank page    
Punch hole removal (Canon DR Scanners, Epson Scanners, Panasonic Scanners)    
Overscan    
Gamma Correction (Epson Scanners)    
Focus position adjustment (Epson scanners)    
Edge enhancement (sharpness) (Canon DR scanners)    
Text enhancement (Canon DR scanners)      
B & W / color ratio detection, focus position (Epson scanners)    
Reflective scanning of positive file (custom UI), character distinction (Epson scanners)      
Document orientation adjustment, multistream (Panasonic scanners)    
B & W / color ratio detection, multistream (PFU scanners)    
Save scan information to the TWAIN scan driver and use that information to scan      
Image File Functions   Windows Form
Supports Unicode file naming  
Possible to load from and save to HTTP and FTP servers via URL      
Save Exif information (*Does not support all Exif tags)      
Select file dialog with preview and file information    
Select file dialog    
Save BMP and JPEG images to PDF Documents      
Load BLOB data from and save BLOB data to database
Load and save each color plane seperately
Load and save image data directly from memory
Progress event when loading or saving images
Supported image formats   Windows and Web Form
JPEG2000 / JPEG2000Stream  
SVG    
SXF(p21/sfc)    
DIB(WindowsBMP) 1, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32 bit
DIB (WindowsBMP) RLE4,RLE8, 4, 8 bit  
DIB (WindowsBMP) RLE4,RLE8, 4, 8 bit(Load only. Uncompressed BMP can be saved)      
JPEG 8-bit grayscale, 24 bit color. Supports standard DCT, progressive DCT. Exif support: JPEG compression, main and thumbnail images can be loaded)  
JPEG 8-bit grayscale, 24 bit color. Supports standard DCT, progressive DCT(Progressive DCT is load only but Standard DCT can also be saved). Exif support: JPEG compression, main and thumbnail images can be loaded)      
Gif 1, 4, 8 bit. Supports transparency, interlace, multipage loading, gif animation saving    
Gif 1, 4, 8 bit. Supports transparency, interlace, multipage loading, gif animation saving (in single page units only)    
TIFF 1, 4, 8, 16, 24, and 32 bit. Compression formats supported: Uncompressed Tiff, CCITTRLE, FAX3 (1D and 2D compressed), FAX4, PACKBITS, LZW. Color Mode: Palette, RGB, CMYK. Multipage tiff files can be loaded and saved    
TIFF 1, 4, 8, 16, 24, and 32 bit. Compression formats supported: Uncompressed Tiff, CCITTRLE (load only), FAX3 (1D. 2D compressed supports load only), FAX4, PACKBITS, LZW. Color Mode: Palette, RGB, CMYK. Multipage tiff files can be loaded and saved. Tiff compession formats listed here as load only may be saved in other compressions.    
PNG 1, 4, 8, and 24 bit. Supports transparency and interlace    
PNG 1, 4, 8, and 24 bit. Supports transparency    
FPX (Flashpix) 8 bit grayscale, 24 bit color. Supported compression: Uncompressed, Jpeg compression, single color compression  
PCX 1, 4, 8, 24 bit    
WMF    
WMF (load only). Can save as raster image    
EMF    
EMF (load only). Can save as raster image    
DXF (2D)    
Drawing functions    
Draw bezier curves    
Draw rectangles using different brush    
Draw rectangle border with focus    
Draw text using GDI+ (Solid, Hatch, Texture, Gradiation)    
Draw image in window handle (hWnd), set and retrieve color info from specified pixel, retrieve image from device context (Hdc), draw to screen, printer or image handle, fill specified area with specified color, draw image to device context (Hdc), draw line, rectanges, ellipses, polygons, polylines, arcs, chords, pies, rounded rectangles, filled rectangles, text, and others    
Printing functions    
Enumerate ports, retrieve list of paper sizes, retrieve list of paper trays, list printer resolutions, set default printer    
Save printer information into a printer file    
Start print job, start print page, end print page, end print job, retrieve height and width of valid print area, list printer names    
Slideshow functions    
Sort by date, set slideshow border, retreive and set currently displayed slide, loop slideshow, set file types that can be loaded, set folders that can be loaded, reference image folder during execution of slideshow, set slide interval, retrieve total number of slides, set scroll step and direction, set file sort method, clear slide, first, last, next, previous, open, close, start, stop, etc.      
Web Camera functions   Windows Form
Capture web camera images      
Preview web camera images      
Play web camera movies      

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