Capture image from scanner

[nebulom]

Any good libraries (you experience with) for capturing image from scanner? Thanks in advance!

[jmcilhinney]

Gigemboy posted some WIA code in the VB.NET CodeBank.

[nebulom]

Oh thanks JM. Will look at it.

[nebulom]

JM, is this capturing from Scanners? Or desktop image capture? Or are they related? I mean I have to invoke the scanner (the scanner eats the paper to scan) and get the image. Prolly save it to database after then.

[jmcilhinney]

From MSDN:

The Microsoft Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) API is standardized for acquiring digital images from devices that are primarily used to capture still images and for managing these devices.

[jmcilhinney]

Here's gig's thread. It was written for a Web cam but the principles should be transferable to a scanner.

[jmcilhinney]

There's also a ton of information on WIA available at MSDN, but keep in mind it was designed originally for C++ developers. The WIA Automation Layer is probably easier to work with. Having said all that, I've never worked with WIA myself so I know b*gger all about it.

[nebulom]

Thanks JM.