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# ScanManager Object (IScanManager Interface)

<Note>
  This object is implemented in FRE for Windows.
</Note>

This object exposes a set of properties and methods required to perform scanning.

## Properties

| Name        | Type                                                                                                                                                                                                             | Description                                                          |
| ----------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Application | [Engine](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/engine-object-iengine-interface), [read-only](/fine-reader/engine/guided-tour/advanced-techniques/programming-aspects/working-with-properties#readonly_properties)    | Returns the Engine object.                                           |
| ScanSources | [ScanSources](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/mechanism-objects/scansources), [read-only](/fine-reader/engine/guided-tour/advanced-techniques/programming-aspects/working-with-properties#readonly_properties) | Returns a list of scan sources available on the current workstation. |

## Methods

| Name                                                                                                      | Description                                                                                                       |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [FindScanSources](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/mechanism-objects/scanmanager/findscansources-method) | This method returns a list of scanning sources filtered according to API type and user interface to be supported. |
| [PumpMessages](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/mechanism-objects/scanmanager/pumpmessages-method)       | This method retrieves the messages from queue.                                                                    |

## Related objects

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/abbyy/i-EfCQVmseNiPQcp/images/fine-reader/engine/scanmanager.gif?s=aa5b78ded2a05cdddc6270ade70230dc" alt="ScanManager" width="214" height="160" data-path="images/fine-reader/engine/scanmanager.gif" />[](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/mechanism-objects/scansourcesettings)[](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/mechanism-objects/scansource#scansettings)[](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/mechanism-objects/scansourcecapabilities)[](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/mechanism-objects/scansource#capabilities)[](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/mechanism-objects/scansource)[](/fine-reader/engine/visual-components-reference/supplementary-objects/spellwordcollection/element-property)[](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/mechanism-objects/scansources)

[Object Diagram](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/object-diagram)

## Output parameter

This object is the output parameter of the [CreateScanManager](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/engine-object-iengine-interface/creation-methods/createscanmanager-method) method of the [Engine](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/engine-object-iengine-interface) object.

## Samples

This object is used in the following code samples: [Scanning](/fine-reader/engine/guided-tour/samples#scanning).

## See also

[Scanning](/fine-reader/engine/guided-tour/basic-usage-scenarios-implementation/scanning)

[IScanCallback](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/mechanism-objects/iscancallback)

[Working with Properties](/fine-reader/engine/guided-tour/advanced-techniques/programming-aspects/working-with-properties)