LEAD Support Forum   Resource to find answers and post technical questions about LEAD products. Search       Forums Home

Automating File Conversion Started by Chris at 10-30-2007 7:49. Topic has 4 replies. LEAD Support Fo... » Developer » Image Compressi... » Automating File Conversion

Search

10-30-2007, 7:49 Chris Joined on 07-23-2007 Posts 3 Automating File Conversion I am subjected to a convoluted file conversion process to post my forms in one of our applications.  I have been able to automate the first two steps: MS Word to Adobe to Photoshop.  The last step involves converting Photoshop files to compressed Lead cmp files.  I would like to automate the last step with the LeadTools v14, but am struggling to figure out where to start.  I want to set the parameters of the file conversion box (e.g. file list, file type, destination folder, etc.) and, then, convert.  I don't need to display the file conversion dialog box. My programming skills are relatively modest.  I have accomplished the first two steps in MS Word VBA.  I can see the various LeadTool references, but which one(s) do I need and where do I found out about how they all work, in detail, preferably with examples.  I have looked throught the help files, but can't find what I need.  Either way to abbreviated or incomplete. Thanks. Chris    Report

10-30-2007, 16:17 jigar Joined on 08-22-2007 Posts 477 Re: Automating File Conversion Hello Chris, Since you mention VBA, I assume you will be using VB.NET to accomplish your task. Correct?  Or will you be using the COM LEAD Object in VB6?  Both of them are simple, but if you're not familiar with VB.NET, then VB6 with COM would be better.  Also what version of Visual Studio do you have? If you could answer these questions for me I will be able to provide you with more detailed answers. Thanks. LEADTOOLS Technical Support    Report

10-31-2007, 8:51 Chris Joined on 07-23-2007 Posts 3 Re: Automating File Conversion Jigar, Thanks for your reply.  I am using VBA/VB6 all inside MSWord development environment.  You are correct in assuming I am trying to use the COM LEAD Object, or so I think.  There are quite a few LEAD objects to choose from.  Some are obvious, e.g. "LEAD Barcode."  Some are not.  I picked the Lead Raster File Dialog Object (14.0) as a reference.  Seemed most consistent with what I am attempting to do. I do not have Visual Studio.  I am using Office 2002. Chris    Report

10-31-2007, 14:43 jigar Joined on 08-22-2007 Posts 477 Re: Automating File Conversion You will have to use "LEAD Main Control (14.0)" also.  You use the File Dialog object to select the directory.  Then use the LEADRasterIO to load and save the images.  Take a look at the Main COM Object help file and search for "LEADRasterIO".  I'm not familiar with the Office 2002 VBA environment so I don't know how you will be able to get some of the parameters from the user.  To get the directory you would use ShowDirectoryDlg from the LEADRasterDlgFile object.  You can use the same method to get the directory for saving the images.  And I guess you can use a input box to get any text from the user. Let me know if you have any more questions. LEADTOOLS Technical Support    Report

11-01-2007, 12:06 Chris Joined on 07-23-2007 Posts 3 Re: Automating File Conversion Thanks.  I have a reference to "LEAD Main Control (14.0).  I will look up LEADRasterIO to understand its usage.  Hopefully, I will be able to set the paramenters I need (I am the only user so I have not need to query for file locations, etc.  I create them based upon the original Word doc location, which is local to my workstation.) Chris    Report

LEAD Support Fo... » Developer » Image Compressi... » Automating File Conversion

(please select) Forums Home |- Search Forums |- Active Topics |- Unanswered Posts User Options |- Sign In |- Create a New Account |- Forgot Password General |- Feature Requests |- Example Requests |- Support Site Suggestions Enduser |- ePrint |-- FAQ |- Multimedia Codec's |- Capture & Convert |- Capture & Present |- Photoshop Plugins |- LEADViEW LEAD/Axtel Barcode SDK |- LEAD/Axtel FAQ |- Barcode Developer |- FAQ |- General |- Image Processing |- Image Compression |-- Examples |- Color Conversion |- Image Display |- Special Effects |- Multimedia |- Internet |-- Examples |- File Formats |- Scanning/Capture |- Common Dialogs |- Printing |- Annotations |- Database |- DICOM/Medical Imaging |- OCR |- JBIG |- Vector |- PDF |- ePrint API |- Multimedia Filter Pack API |- DotNet |-- COM Interop |-- WPF |- Deployment |- Forms Recognition |- JPIP