Annotation Plugin

The Annotation SDK/ActiveX Plug-In is an add on to the Black Ice imaging toolkits. The Annotation SDK/ActiveX Plug-In is a complete set of easy to use tools that enables software engineers to add annotation, drawing, text, graphics, images, signature, stamps and sticky notes to a document in a shorter timeframe. Primary applications include Document imaging,  Fax,  Medical Imaging, or COLD applications using  ‘C’, C++, Visual Basic, Delphi or .NET languages. 

The Annotation SDK/ActiveX Plug-In objects include vector graphics, text, bitmaps and user-defined objects. Any object can be used to create a link to any type of data or action. Built-in features include automatic handling of object creation, a customizable toolbar, pull-down menus for each object type, and more. Documents can be zoomed, panned and scrolled without losing programming control, allowing you to modify how Annotation works. Since the Annotation SDK/ActiveX Plug-In is object oriented, all objects can be edited in many ways including resizing, moving, rotating, modifying font, deleting, moving to back or front, changing attributes and much more. They can be saved in the image permanently or saved as a separate file. Annotations can be added to both color and black & white images, and the developer may choose between low level or fully automated modes.

Annotation SDK/ActiveX Plug-In Features:

• Multi-layer annotation - annotations can be assigned to specific layers

• Create Automated Annotation

• Internet ready ActiveX control

• Any annotation object can be used as a hyperlink. Hyperlinks can send messages/user messages, can execute programs, or can open Web pages

• Multi level Annotation Undo feature

• Cut, Copy and Paste annotations to and from the clipboard

• Annotations can be permanently burned into an image, saved as a separate file, or saved in the TIFF header

• Annotation passwords providing security for every object

• Rotate Annotations

• Resize and position any object

• Print an object

• Multi-page annotation support

• Print the annotations with the image

Available Annotation Objects Include:

Annotation Properties:

The following properties can be set for Black Ice Annotation Objects:

• Start Application when clicked

• Send message/custom message when clicked

• Launch URL when clicked

• Orientation

• Color

• Transparency

• Orientation

• Vertical Text Alignment (Text and Note objects)

• Horizontal Text Alignment (Text and Note objects)

• Text Color, Font and Style (Text and Note objects)

• Line Width

• Arrow Type

Additional Features:

• Note object
  - Horizontal and Vertical Text alignment
  - User selectable font
  - User selectable background color
  - User selectable text color
  - Automatic Word Wrapping

• Text object - similar to the Note object but the Text object has a transparent background and no frame around the text

• Rubber stamp object - 30 prefabricated commonly used stamps, like “Paid", “Faxed", “Approved", etc.

• The Note object now works with an Opaque / Transparent background

• The black frame of the Note, Highlight and Whiteout objects can be  turned off

• Start up Zoom is configurable

• Bitmaps can be placed over the image in transparent mode

Programming Samples:
Annotation SDK/ActiveX Plug-In ships with sample source code for:

• Visual Basic

• C/C++

• Visual C++ (MFC)

• Borland Delphi

• C#

• J#

• VB.NET

Visual Studio 2005, and VB.NET 8.0 Support has also been added.

Operating Systems Supported:
Windows 10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP Windows Servers 2012/2008 R2/2008/2003 both 32 bit and 64 bit.

Looking for more?  Check out our New Document Imaging SDK/ActiveX