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jwfv · Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2003 12:31 pm Post subject: Paperport SDK

If anyone gets a chance, please let me know if VDS would ever be able to work with the Paperport SDK:

http://www.paperport.com/capturesdk/

My goal would be a simple a simple customized scan program that could attach a document to a database record. In other words, I imagine there is a control in the SDK that is "acquire scan" and I would like to use that in a VDS program.

Would VDS 4.5 be able to use this? Would VDS 5?

Thanks for any comments.

Skit3000 · Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2003 12:43 pm Post subject:

Can you give a direct download link? I can't really find it... Confused

Thank you... Wink

GeoTrail · Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2003 1:02 pm Post subject:

From what I can see, it ain't free.

But here's some info on the SDK
http://www.scansoft.com/capturesdk/whatsnew.asp

jwfv · Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2003 1:57 pm Post subject:

Yep, it's not free, so I don't know exactly what it comes with without purchasing it.

I have used a lot of 3rd party applications with VDS - but only through passing parameters to executables, putting variables in an application's parameter file, and sending keystrokes, etc.

I have never understood whether VDS can take advantage of an application's "developer components" - which they describe as an API, sometimes DLLs, sometimes ActiveX components or COM components.

Can VDS4.5 or (5.0) access any of these?

Thanks again for the info -

FreezingFire · **Admin Team** Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Posts: 3508

As it has been mentioned, VDS 5 can do complex API programming. Smile

Skit3000 · Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2003 5:36 pm Post subject:

VDS 5 can (as far as I know) do the same things as Mindpower's dll, Gadget. Please correct me if I'm wrong...

PGWARE · **Web Host** Joined: 29 Dec 2001 Posts: 1565

Actually theres somethings that Gadget can do that VDS 5 can't. You'll find this once you get deeply invovled with the Windows API.

Tommy · Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2003 9:09 pm Post subject:

If your scanner supports twain, you may like to take a look at this topic:

http://www.vdsworld.com/archive/index.php?page=topic&board=2&topic=1614