Property/Method | What has happened? | Comment |
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MaxMemoryImageByteSize | Removed | This property is obsolete. The image documents are always created in memory. You can use the SaveTo or SaveToFile methods whenever you need to save the image document on disk. |
MessagesLanguage | Possible values changed | The ML\_Portuguese and ML\_Latvian constants have been removed from the MessagesLanguageEnum enumeration. These message languages are no longer supported. |
MultiProcessingMode RecognitionProcessesCount | Removed | Use the corresponding properties of the MultiProcessingParams subobject of the Engine object. |
CreateBarcodeAnalysisParams CreateBlocksCollection CreateParagraphTabInfo CreateStraightenLinesParams CreatePdfExtendedParams CreateImageDocumentsCollection CreateLayoutsCollection CreateDocumentAnalyzer CreateDocumentInfo CreateExporter | Removed | Corresponding objects have been removed. |
CreateBlock | Removed | Use the AddNew method of the LayoutBlocks object to create a new block and add it to the layout. |
CreateLayout | Removed | The Layout object can no longer be used apart from the page it corresponds to. |
Behavior changed | This method now accepts extended image saving parameters for JPEG and TIFF formats. | |
CreateText | Removed | Currently the Text object cannot be created independently. |
CreateLicense | Removed | You can receive the collection of available (activated) licenses using the IEngine::GetAvailableLicenses method. |
CreateDocumentInformationDictionaryItem | Removed | Use the AddNew method of the DocumentInformationDictionary collection. |
AnalyzeAndRecognizeBlocks AnalyzeRegion AnalyzeTable ExtractBarcodes FindPageSplitPosition RecognizeBlocks ExportPage | Removed | Use the corresponding methods of the FRPage object instead. |
CleanDocumentAnalyzer | Removed | This method is obsolete. To clean all internal settings used by FineReader Engine during analysis and recognition, use the CleanRecognizerSession method. To clean up the document, simply release all the references to the FRDocument object. |
StraightenLines | Removed | Use the IImageDocument::RemoveGeometricalDistortions method instead. |
PerformEnhancement EnhanceImageBlocks | Removed | These methods are no longer provided. You can use methods of the ImageDocument to preprocess images, improving recognition quality and enhancing the image appearance. |
ParentWindow | Type changed | The property has the \_\_int64 type. |
Licenses | Removed | Use the IEngine::GetAvailableLicenses method instead. |
Input parameters type changed | Serial number is no longer used as an input parameter. The method takes as an input parameter a Boolean value that specifies whether CPU cores should be used in shared mode. | |
OpenExistingDictionary CreateNewDictionary CreateTextLanguage | Removed | Use corresponding methods of the LanguageDatabase object. |
CreateBaseLanguage | Removed | Use the AddNew method of the BaseLanguages object instead. |
CreateStandardDictionaryDesc CreateUserDictionaryDesc CreateRegExpDictionaryDesc CreateExternalDictionaryDesc | Removed | Use the AddNew method of the DictionaryDescriptions object to create a dictionary description and the GetAsStandardDictionaryDescription, GetAsUserDictionaryDescription, GetAsRegExpDictionaryDescription, or GetAsExternalDictionaryDescription methods of the DictionaryDescription object to obtain a reference to the object of the corresponding type. |
PrepareMemoryImage | Renamed, behavior changed | The new name of the method is PrepareBitmapBits. It takes as an input parameter the path to the folder where the image in the internal format should be saved. The pointer to a memory buffer containing image data is passed as \_\_int64. |
PrepareImage PrepareAndOpenImage OpenImage | Removed | Use the IFRDocument::AddImageFile method to open an image file and add it to the document for processing. The ImageDocument object will be accessible via the corresponding FRPage and can be saved on disk later. |
PrepareAndOpenMemoryImage PrepareAndOpenBitmap PrepareAndOpenDib | Renamed | The new names of the methods are OpenBitmapBits, OpenBitmap, OpenDib, respectively. The pointer to a memory buffer containing image data is passed as \_\_int64. |
OpenMemoryImage OpenBitmapImage OpenDib | Removed | Use the OpenBitmapBits, OpenBitmap, OpenDib methods instead. The differences are:
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Input parameter type changed | The pointer to a memory buffer containing image data is passed as \_\_int64. | |
Input parameter type changed | The pointer to a memory buffer containing image data is passed as \_\_int64. These methods take as an input parameter the path to the folder where the image in the internal format should be saved. | |
AnalyzePage RecognizePage AnalyzePages RecognizePages RecognizeImageAsPlainText RecognizeImageDocumentAsPlainText AnalyzeAndRecognizePage AnalyzeAndRecognizePages SynthesizePages SynthesizePagesEx ExportPages | Removed | Use the methods of the FRDocument and FRPage objects instead. |
Input parameters changed | The method receives a DocumentProcessingParams object instead of PageProcessingParams, and the parameters of image conversion as a PrepareImageMode object. | |
CreatePDFAExportParams | Removed | This method is obsolete. To create parameters of export to the PDF/A format, use the IEngine::CreatePDFExportParams method. |
Input parameters number changed | The method receives an optional boolean parameter specifying whether the log of scanning operation should be written. |
Object/Enumeration | Property/Method/Constant | What has happened? | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
ImageDocument | Removed | The property is no longer supported. You can obtain the Image object only via the parent ImageDocument object, if necessary you can store the reference to the parent object by yourself. | |
The method does not support saving to PDF. | Use one of the export methods to save an image to PDF (e.g., the IFRDocument::Export method). | ||
GetPicture | Renamed | The new name of the method is GetBitmap. The parameters of the method have been changed:
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Input parameters number changed | This method does not receive as an input parameter the flags for the image color conversion. | ||
SaveImage | Removed | Use the SaveTo method instead. | |
SaveImageDocToMemory | Renamed, output parameter type changed | The new name of this method is SaveToMemory. The handle to the memory buffer is returned as the Handle object. | |
Behavior changed | This method does not overwrite the source image file. It saves the current image document state on disk. | ||
WriteRectImage | Renamed | The new name of the method is SaveImageRegionTo. The method saves the parts of an image in the internal format to a folder on disk. | |
IsSkewCorrect | Renamed | The new name of the property is IsSkewCorrected. | |
IsReadOnly | Removed | This property is obsolete. All modification methods work correctly with all image documents. | |
IsInternalFormat | Removed | This property is obsolete. Any image document represents an image in internal format. | |
ConvertCoordinates | Removed | Use the ConvertCoordinates method of the CoordinatesConverter object. | |
GP\_ prefixed flags | Removed | The flags are no longer in use. | |
ImageDocumentsCollection | Removed | The object is no longer in use. The methods that used this object have been changed or removed. | |
IT\_Deskewed | Renamed | The new name of the constant is IT\_Modified. The constant is used to denote any modified image, not only a deskewed image. | |
MemoryImageFormatEnum | Removed | Use BitmapBitsFormatEnum instead. The memory image format has been changed. | |
CorrectSkew | Removed | Use the CorrectSkew property of the PagePreprocessingParams object instead. | |
ImageCompression | Renamed, type changed | This property is now called CompressImage and is of the ThreeStatePropertyValueEnum type. ZIP compression is used. | |
RemoveGarbage SmoothColorImage | Removed | Similar functionality is provided via the corresponding methods of the ImageDocument object. | |
ColorJpegQuality GrayJpegQuality | Removed | These properties are obsolete. JPEG compression is no longer used for images in internal format. | |
CalcSkewByBlackSquares CorrectSkewByBlackSquaresHorizontally CorrectSkewByBlackSquaresVertically CorrectSkewByHorizontalLines CorrectSkewByHorizontalText CorrectSkewByVerticalLines CorrectSkewByVerticalText | Removed | These properties are obsolete. Use the CorrectSkewMode property instead. | |
ImageCompressionEnum | Removed | The property which used this enumeration now has another type. | |
This object's methods work with regions instead of rectangles. All the methods were renamed. | |||
UseJpeg6Compression | Removed | This property is obsolete. It was ignored in version 9. | |
EnhancedImage ImageEnhancerValues | Removed | These objects are no longer provided. You can use methods of the ImageDocument to preprocess images, improving recognition quality and enhancing the image appearance. | |
StraightenLinesParams | Removed | This object is no longer in use. Use the RemoveGeometricalDistortions method of the ImageDocument object, or the CorrectGeometry property of the PagePreprocessingParams object instead. |
Object/Enumeration | Property/Method/Constant | What has happened? | Comment |
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Type changed | The black separators are now considered as blocks, and the type of this property is LayoutBlocks. | ||
LoadBlocks | Removed | This functionality is no longer supported. Blocks of previous versions of FineReader or FineReader Engine cannot be loaded. | |
Behavior changed | Text of barcode blocks is not included in the output text line. You can obtain the text of a barcode block via the IBarcodeBlock::Text property. | ||
Resolution | Removed | To view the resolution of the image, you can use the XResolution and YResolution properties of the corresponding Image object. | |
BarcodeBlockProperties CheckmarkBlockProperties CheckmarkGroupProperties PictureBlockProperties TableBlockProperties TextBlockProperties | Removed | In this version all the block type interfaces are derived from the IBlock interface and inherit all its properties. You can use the methods of the Block object to access the extended block attributes: GetAsBarcodeBlock, GetAsCheckmarkBlock, GetAsCheckmarkGroup, GetAsRasterPictureBlock, GetAsTableBlock, GetAsTextBlock. | |
RecognitionStatus | Removed | This functionality is no longer supported. Recognition status of a block is not available. To trace the stage of document or page processing, you can use the OnPageProcessed method of the IFRDocumentEvents or IFRPageEvents interfaces. | |
BlocksCollection | Removed | The independent collection of blocks no longer exists in the FineReader Engine API. The LayoutBlocks object is a collection of blocks which can only be a subobject of the layout. | |
FindCellIndex | Renamed | The new name of the method is IndexOf. | |
Text ImageProcessingParams RecognizerParams ContainsPicture Name | Removed | Use the corresponding methods and property of the Block object corresponding to the table cell. | |
Position Type | Attributes changed | These properties are no longer read-only. You can set the values of these properties. | |
Add | Removed | Use the AddNew method instead. | |
Constants changed | Use TST\_Invisible instead of TST\_White, and TST\_Explicit instead of TST\_Black. | ||
LayoutsCollection | Removed | The object is no longer in use. The methods that used this object have been changed or removed. See details for the methods that used this object. | |
AutoAnalysisBlockProperties | Removed | The autoanalysis blocks now can only be used in Visual Components and cannot be created or modified via the FineReader Engine API. To analyze an image zone, you can use the AnalyzeRegion method of the FRPage object. | |
BarcodeBlockProperties | Removed | The same functionality is provided via the BarcodeBlock object with the following exceptions:
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CheckmarkBlockProperties | Removed | The same functionality is provided via the CheckmarkBlock object with the following exceptions:
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CheckmarkGroupProperties | Removed | The same functionality is provided via the CheckmarkGroup object with the following exceptions:
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PictureBlockProperties | Removed | The same functionality is provided via the RasterPictureBlock and VectorPictureBlock objects with the following exceptions:
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TableBlockProperties | Removed | Use the TableBlock object instead. | |
TextBlockProperties | Removed | The same functionality is provided via the TextBlock object with the following exceptions:
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BT\_Picture | Removed | Two types of picture blocks are supported in this version: BT\_RasterPicture and BT\_VectorPicture. | |
BT\_AutoAnalysis | Behavior changed | The autoanalysis blocks now can only be used in Visual Components and cannot be created or modified via the FineReader Engine API. To analyze an image zone, you can use the AnalyzeRegion method of the FRPage object. | |
BlackSeparator | Removed | The same functionality is provided via the SeparatorBlock object with the following exceptions:
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BlackSeparators | Removed | The same functionality is provided via the SeparatorGroup object. | |
BlackSeparatorDirectionEnum | Removed | These constants are no longer in use. The IBlackSeparator::Direction property has been removed. | |
BlackSeparatorTypeEnum | Removed | These constants have been replaced by the SeparatorTypeEnum constants. |
Object/Enumeration | Property/Method/Constant | What has happened? | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
CreateTextLanguage | Removed | Use the CreateCompoundTextLanguage method instead. Note that the LanguageDatabase object provides a CreateTextLanguage method, but this method has different semantics as compared to the removed method. | |
Input parameter type changed | The method takes as the input parameter the string which contains the comma-separated list of languages to create new language from. This method provides all the functionality previously offered by CreateTextLanguage method. | ||
Add | Removed | Use the AddNew method instead. | |
Remove RemoveAll | Renamed | ||
FindLanguage | Renamed | The new name of the method is Find. The method returns null if there is no predefined language with the specified name. | |
Constants values changed | The values of the following constants have been changed: LI\_Irish, LI\_Hawaiian, LI\_Latin, LI\_Welsh, LI\_Frisian, LI\_Galician, LI\_Guarani, LI\_Papiamento, LI\_Quechua, LI\_Somali, LI\_Tajik, LI\_Turkmen, LI\_Wolof, LI\_Yakut, LI\_Hausa. When the previous version of FineReader Engine was released, the standard identifiers for these languages did not exist. | ||
Add | Removed | Use the AddNew method instead. This method creates a new DictionaryDescription object and adds it into the collection. | |
Remove RemoveAll | Renamed | ||
FuzzyStringsCollection | Renamed | The new name of the object is FuzzyStrings. The CopyFrom, Insert, Remove, RemoveAll methods of the object are no longer supported. The collection is read-only. | |
Dictionary | Removed | The property is no longer supported. The reference to the parent Dictionary object cannot be obtained. | |
Behavior changed | The confidence of the word is an output parameter and is no longer an input parameter. | ||
CanUseTrigramms | Renamed | The new name of the property is CanUseTrigrams. |
Object/Enumeration | Property/Method/Constant | What has happened? | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
Find | Renamed | The new name of the method is IndexOf. | |
BackgroundColor | Removed | The background color is an attribute of a paragraph or a block. Use the corresponding properties of the ParagraphParams and Block objects. | |
IsMirrored | Removed | This property is no longer supported. | |
Append | Removed | You can use the InsertText method of the Paragraph object instead. | |
IsPlain CopyFrom | Removed | The functionality is no longer supported. In this version text is usually associated to some place in the document and cannot be simply copied from one object to another without specifying its location. Therefore to copy some text from one location to another, you can use the IText::AppendEmptyParagraph and IParagraph::InsertText methods. | |
DiscardExtendedRecAttributes | Removed | The ExtendedRecAttributes object is no longer in use. If you do not need to use additional attributes of characters and words, keep the SaveCharacterRecognitionVariants, SaveWordRecognitionVariants properties of the RecognizerParams object set to FALSE during recognition. | |
DiscardRectangles | Removed | Use the properties and methods of the CharParams object to edit characters regions. | |
Type changed | This property provides access to the TextOrientation object. | ||
Insert InsertParagraphBreak | Removed | Use the InsertText and InsertParagraphBreak methods of the Paragraph object, respectively. | |
SeparateHorz SeparateVert | Removed | The functionality is no longer supported. Text cannot be divided into parts by a horizontal or vertical line as this can damage the logical structure of a document. | |
TextRole | Removed | This property has been removed due to the removal of document logical structure API, as it is no longer possible to access the parts of document by their role in the logical structure. | |
TextOrientationEnum | Removed | These constants are no longer in use. The TextOrientation object provides access to text orientation. | |
Input parameter changed | The property takes as an input parameter the index of the bookmark in the internal collection of the paragraph's bookmarks instead of its position inside the paragraph. | ||
Input parameter changed | The method takes as an input parameter the name of the bookmark instead of its position inside the paragraph. | ||
Params | Renamed | The new name of the property is ExtendedParams. | |
TabLeaderInfo | Removed | Use the TabPositions property instead. | |
ParentText | Removed | This property is no longer supported. Paragraph can either be an element of recognized text, or an element of logical structure of a document. Therefore this property cannot be unambiguously defined. | |
Id | Removed | The paragraph identifier is no longer available because the document logical structure cannot be accessed via the API. | |
Input parameters number changed | The method takes an OR combination of the StyleParamsEnum constants as one of the input parameters. | ||
Behavior changed | The coordinates of the paragraph borders are not available for the paragraphs of barcodes. You can obtain the coordinates of separate symbols in a recognized barcode using the Left, Top, Right, Bottom properties of the BarcodeSymbol object. | ||
SetRect | Removed | This functionality is no longer supported. The coordinates of a paragraph are read-only and are provided for reference. The coordinates can be only defined for blocks (IBlock::Region property). | |
ImageEnhancerValues | Removed | Image enhancement is no longer supported. | |
ChangeParagraphTabInfo GetParagraphTabInfoCopy | Removed | Use the TabPositions, TabPosition objects and the IParagraph::TabPositions property instead. | |
HasUncertainAlignment | Removed | The property is obsolete. The alignment cannot be detected uncertainly. | |
Width | Removed | The property is obsolete. The width can be only calculated for blocks (IBlock::Region property). | |
UserProperty | Removed | This functionality is no longer supported. This property cannot be retained during text editing. If you want to associate some user information with a paragraph, you can use bookmarks in the paragraph (IParagraph::Bookmark property). | |
BaseLine | Attribute changed | The property becomes read-only. | |
Behavior changed | The coordinates of the line borders are not available for the paragraphs of barcodes. You can obtain the coordinates of separate symbols in a recognized barcode using the Left, Top, Right, Bottom properties of the BarcodeSymbol object. | ||
SetRect | Removed | This functionality is no longer supported. The coordinates of a paragraph line are read-only and are provided for reference. The coordinates can be only defined for blocks (IBlock::Region property). | |
ParagraphTabInfo | Removed | The same functionality is provided via the TabPosition object. | |
IsHidden | Removed | The property is obsolete. Recognized characters cannot have this attribute. If you want to assign some user- specific information to a character, you can use bookmarks in the paragraph (IParagraph::Bookmark property). | |
IsStartStopSymbol | Removed | Use the IsStartStopSymbol property of the BarcodeSymbol object instead. | |
ExtendedRecAttributes | Removed | This object is no longer in use. Similar properties are available via the CharacterRecоgnitionVariant and WordRecognitionVariant object. | |
CharacterHeight HasUncertainHeight | Removed | These properties are no longer supported. You can obtain detailed information on character configuration via the ICharParams::CharacterRegion property. | |
ExtendedRecAttributes | Removed | Use the CharacterRecognitionVariant, WordRecognitionVariant, and CharParams objects instead:
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Renamed | The new name of the module is CharacterFlags. | ||
CFL\_Bold CFL\_Italic CFL\_Underlined CFL\_Strikeout CFL\_SmallCaps CFL\_FontSize CFL\_FontName CFL\_Scale CFL\_Spacing CFL\_Color CFL\_BaseLine | Removed | Use the corresponding constants of the StyleParamsEnum enumeration. | |
CFL\_Hidden CFL\_UncertainCharHeight CFL\_CharacterHeight CFL\_ExtRecAttributes CFL\_Rectangle CFL\_IsStartStopSymbol | Removed | These constants are no longer in use. Corresponding properties of the CharParams object are no longer supported. | |
Input parameters number changed | The following input parameters have been added: encoding type and code page of the output file. The bUnicode input parameter has been removed; this setting is covered by the encoding type parameter. |
Object/Enumeration | Property/Method/Constant | What has happened? | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
AddImage | Renamed | The new name of the method is AddImageDocument. | |
Input parameters number changed | These methods take as input parameters a set of subobjects of the PageProcessingParams object — only those parameters that are needed for page analysis are passed to these methods. | ||
Input parameters number changed | These methods now additionally receive the ObjectsExtractionParams object as an input parameter. | ||
AnalyzeAndRecognize AnalyzeAndRecognizePages | Removed | The same functionality is provided via the Process and ProcessPages methods of the FRDocument object with the PerformSynthesis property of the DocumentProcessingParams input parameter set to FALSE. | |
AutoFlush | Removed | Use the PageFlushingPolicy property instead. | |
Input parameters number changed | The method receives all necessary parameters in one DocumentProcessingParams object. | ||
OnRecognizerTip | Renamed, behavior changed | The new name of the method is OnWarning. It now has an additional parameter which specifies the index of the page in the document to which the warning refers. | |
AnalyzeAndRecognizeBlocks AnalyzeBlock | Removed | These methods were generally used to perform layout analysis inside blocks of the autoanalysis type. As this type of block is no longer supported the methods have been removed. You can use the AnalyzeRegion method to perform layout analysis in an image zone, and then call the RecognizeBlocks method. | |
Input parameters number changed |
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AnalyzeAndRecognize | Renamed | The new name of the method is PreprocessAnalyzeRecognize. The only difference from the old method is that now this method receives only one input parameter of the PageProcessingParams type, which contains all the necessary settings for processing. | |
Input parameters number changed | These methods now additionally receive the ObjectsExtractionParams object as an input parameter. | ||
Input parameters number changed | This method receives a boolean input parameter specifying whether the data should be saved to disk. This is useful in case the data is unchanged. | ||
OnRecognizerTip | Renamed | The new name of the method is OnWarning. | |
Find Remove | Renamed | ||
Add Insert | Renamed | Use the AddNew method instead. | |
CopyFrom | Removed | This method is no longer supported. To copy the values of elements from another collection, you can add new elements to the collection using the AddNew method and specify the same values of elements. | |
DocumentInformationDictionary | Behavior changed | The property does not return a copy of the object any more, it returns a constant object. | |
DocumentInfo | Removed | The methods which required an object of this type have been removed. | |
PSD\_NoneSplit | Renamed | The new name of the constant is PSD\_NoSplit. |
Object/Enumeration | Property/Method/Constant | What has happened? | Comment |
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DocumentAnalyzer | Removed | The object is obsolete. Its methods were replaced by more efficient methods of the FRDocument and FRPage objects, which do not require you to maintain the DocumentInfo object on all processing stages. | |
AnalyzeAndRecognizeBlocks | Removed | Use the IFRPage::Analyze and IFRPage::RecognizeBlocks methods. | |
AnalyzeAndRecognizePage | Removed | Use the IFRPage::PreprocessAnalyzeRecognize method instead. | |
AnalyzeAndRecognizePages | Removed | Use the IFRDocument::Process method instead. It performs full processing of the document, including document synthesis. | |
AnalyzePage | Removed | Use the IFRPage::Analyze method instead. | |
AnalyzePages | Removed | Use the IFRDocument::Analyze method instead. | |
AnalyzeRegion | Removed | Use the IFRPage::AnalyzeRegion method instead. | |
AnalyzeTable | Removed | Use the IFRPage::AnalyzeTable method instead. | |
ExtractBarcodes | Removed | Use the IFRPage::ExtractBarcodes method instead. | |
RecognizeBlocks | Removed | Use the IFRPage::RecognizeBlocks method instead. | |
RecognizeImageDocumentAsPlainText | Removed | To recognize the page as plain text, use the IFRPage::PreprocessAnalyzeRecognize method, then access the IFRPage::PlainText property. | |
RecognizePage | Removed | Use the IFRPage::Recognize method instead. | |
RecognizePages | Removed | Use the IFRDocument::Recognize method instead. | |
StraightenLines | Removed | Use the IImageDocument::RemoveGeometricalDistortions method instead. | |
PerformEnhancement EnhanceImageBlocks | Removed | Image enhancement through the old API is not supported. You can use methods of the ImageDocument to preprocess images, improving recognition quality and enhancing the image appearance. | |
IDocumentAnalyzerEvents | Removed | This interface is no longer necessary because the object which reported events has been removed. The IFRDocumentEvents and IFRPageEvents interfaces provide similar information on progress and errors for the objects which replaced DocumentAnalyzer. | |
FREM\_DocumentAnalyzer | Removed | This constant is no longer in use. | |
Exporter | Removed | The object is obsolete. Its methods were replaced by more efficient methods of the FRDocument object. | |
ExportPages ExportPagesEx | Removed | Use the IFRDocument::Export method instead. | |
IExporterEvents | Removed | This interface is no longer necessary because the object which reported events has been removed. The IFRDocumentEvents interface provides similar information on progress and errors for export operations. | |
Type changed | This property returns the ScanSources collection of scanning sources. New ScanSource interface provides access to extended scanning options. | ||
ScanOptionsInterfaceType | Removed | To set the type of scanning options dialog box use the UserInterfaceType parameter of the Scan and BeginScan methods of the ScanSource object. | |
ScanSourceSettings | Removed | The settings are specified for each scanning source separately. Use the ScanSource::ScanSettings property to specify scanning source settings. | |
Scan | Removed | Use the Scan method of the ScanSource object for synchronous scanning operation. But note that asynchronous scanning is now also supported, via the BeginScan method of the ScanSource object. | |
IScanManagerEvents | Removed | This interface is no longer in use. The scanning notifications are received through new IScanCallback interface. | |
Brightness Delay | Default value changed | The default value of these properties is 0. | |
BrightnessControl PaperSize Resolution RotationAngle | Default value changed | The default values of these properties are determined by the scanner capabilities. | |
PaperBottom PaperRight | Default value changed | The default value of these properties is 0. The scanning area will be selected by the scanner. | |
PictureMode | Renamed, default value changed | The new name of this property is ColorMode. The default value of this property depends on the scanner. | |
UseFeeder | Removed | Use the PaperFeedMode property instead. | |
StopBetweenPages PauseBetweenPages | Removed | Use the PauseBetweenPagesMode property instead. | |
ScanPictureModeEnum | Renamed | The new name of this enumeration is ScanColorModeEnum. The constants have been renamed likewise to have the SCM\_ prefix instead of SPM\_. | |
ScanPageRotationAngleEnum | Renamed | The new name of this enumeration is ScanRotationAngleEnum. The word Page is superfluous. | |
ScanOptionsInterfaceTypeEnum | Removed | The properties that used this enumeration have been removed. The ScanSourceUITypeEnum provides a similar set of constants. |
Object/Enumeration | Property/Method/Constant | What has happened? | Comment |
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BarcodeParams TableAnalysisParams | Removed | Use the corresponding properties of the PageAnalysisParams subobject. | |
PageSynthesisParams | Removed | The PageSynthesisParams object is no longer supported. The same functionality is provided via the SynthesisParamsForPage and SynthesisParamsForDocument objects. | |
IsEAN13InterpretedAsUPCA | Removed | The UPC-A barcode type can be specified explicitly: use the BT\_UPCA enumeration constant in the value of the Type property of the BarcodeParams object. | |
PDF417CodePage | Renamed | The new name of the property is CodePage. | |
DetectOrientation | Removed | Use the OrientationDetectionParams property of the PagePreprocessingParams object. | |
DetectInvertedImage | Removed | Use the CorrectInvertedImage property of the PagePreprocessingParams object. | |
DetectInvertedTexture | Removed | Use the RemoveTexture property of the ObjectsExtractionParams object instead. | |
DetectMatrixPrinter DetectPorousText FastObjectsExtraction ProhibitColorImage RemoveTexture | Removed | Use the corresponding properties of the ObjectsExtractionParams object instead. | |
FlexiFormsDA FullTextIndexDA | Removed | Use the EnableTextExtractionMode property of this object, and EnableAggressiveTextExtraction properties of the ObjectsExtractionParams object or the DetectTextOnPictures property of the PageAnalysisParams object. | |
ProhibitClockwiseRotation ProhibitCounterclockwiseRotation ProhibitUpsidedownRotation | Removed | The corresponding properties are no longer in use. | |
SingleColumnMode | Removed | This property is no longer supported in FineReader Engine recognition technologies. | |
ErrorHiliteLevel | Removed | Use the new HighlightSuspiciousCharacters property, which dispenses with various levels of confidence and allows you a simple choice: either highlight uncertainly recognized characters or not. If you need a finer distinction, use the CharConfidence property of the selected CharacterRecognitionVariant, although matching recognition confidences for different characters against the same threshold may not always provide consistent results. | |
TextLanguage | Attribute changed | The property is described by the propput keyword in the type library. Former description as putref didn't make a difference because this property is an interface pointer in any case. | |
PossibleTextTypes TextType | Removed | The properties are obsolete. Use the TextTypes property instead. | |
CJKTextDirection | Removed | Use the ITextOrientation::ReadingType property instead. If you set this property to TRT\_Unknown, text direction will be detected automatically. By default, this property is TRT\_Unknown as well. | |
PageSynthesisParams | Removed | The same functionality is provided via the SynthesisParamsForPage and SynthesisParamsForDocument objects. | |
FMT\_GreyBoxes | Renamed | The new name of the constant is FMT\_GrayBoxes. | |
TT\_ToBeDetected | Removed | The constant is obsolete. To detect text type automatically, specify a set of possible text types in the IRecognizerParams::TextTypes property. | |
DetectCaptions DetectColumns DetectFootnotes DetectRunningTitles | Removed | The corresponding properties are available through the DocumentStructureDetectionParams subobject of the SynthesisParamsForDocument object. | |
DetectBold DetectDropCaps DetectFontSize DetectItalic DetectSerifs DetectSmallCaps DetectSubscriptsSuperscripts DetectUnderlineStrikeout MonospaceDetectionMode DetectScaleSpacing | Removed | The corresponding properties are available through the FontFormattingDetectionParams subobject of the SynthesisParamsForDocument object. | |
DontReplaceBullets | Removed | This property is obsolete and no longer supported. To change parameters of a list level (including bullets and numbering), you can use the ListLevel object. | |
UseVisualOrderForBidirectionalText | Removed | This property is obsolete and no longer supported. The order of text is fixed: it is visual after recognition, and logical after document synthesis. | |
InsertEmptyParagraphsForBigInterlines | Removed | Use the ITextExportParams::RetainLayout property to emulate the original text layout with the help of spaces. | |
AddRecognizedTextFontName GetRecognizedTextFontName CleanRecognizedTextFontNames | Removed | Use the FontSet object instead. This object is configured by default for easiest use in different recognition languages. FineReader Engine can filter all system fonts on the basis of recognition languages specified for the text and add them to the synthesis font set. | |
SaveRecognitionInfo | Removed | If you want to save recognition information, use the SaveCharacterRecognitionVariants or SaveWordRecognitionVariants property of the RecognizerParams object. | |
DoNotExtractSeparators | Removed | This property is no longer supported. You can use the IPageAnalysisParams::DetectSeparators and IDocumentStructureDetectionParams::ClassifySeparators properties instead. | |
AllowGrayBackgroundColor AllowGrayTextColor CorrectDynamicRange DetectBackgroundColor DetectTextColor | Type changed | These properties now take values of the new ThreeStatePropertyValueEnum, which provides the opportunity not only to turn the setting on and off, but also make the selection automatically (TSPV\_Auto constant). All these properties have TSPV\_Auto value by default. | |
PEM\_SingleLineParagraphsWithSpaceFormatting | Removed | Use the ITextExportParams::RetainLayout property to emulate the original text appearance with the help of spaces while exporting to TXT format. | |
ErrorHiliteLevelEnum | Removed | The property which used this enumeration has been removed. | |
PictureFormat Quality PictureResolution | Removed | Use the ColorPictureFormats, GrayPictureFormats, JpegQuality, Resolution properties of the PictureExportParams subobject instead. This object now contains all parameters for picture export to all formats except PDF. | |
CodePageType | Removed | This property is no longer supported. The code page is selected from all types of code pages. This property can be removed from code of your application with no influence on results of export. | |
UseUnicode | Removed | This property is no longer supported. Similar functionality is provided via the EncodingType property. | |
RunningTitleMode | Removed | Use the WriteRunningTitles boolean property instead. There are only two options for HTML export format: write running titles as plain text or not write them at all. | |
Author Keywords Subject Title | Removed | Use the corresponding properties of the DocumentContentInfo object to set the metadata values and the DocumentContentInfoWritingParams subobject (available via the MetaDataWritingParams property) to specify which document metadata must be saved during export. | |
HFM\_TwoFormats32\_40 | Removed | This format is obsolete and is no longer supported. | |
HSM\_PageLayout | Removed | Page structure is no longer retained in the output HTML document. Logical structure of the document can be saved using the HSM\_FlexibleLayout constant. | |
Export to PPT format is no longer supported. These parameters are used for export to PPTX. | |||
Behavior changed | The value of this property is no longer ignored when exporting to PPTX format. | ||
PictureFormat Quality PictureResolution | Removed | Use the ColorPictureFormats, GrayPictureFormats, JpegQuality, Resolution properties of the PictureExportParams subobject instead. This object now contains all parameters for picture export to all formats except PDF. | |
RunningTitleMode | Removed | Use the WriteRunningTitles boolean property instead. There are only two options for PPT export format: write running titles as plain text or not write them at all. | |
Author Keywords Subject Title | Removed | Use the corresponding properties of the DocumentContentInfo object to set the metadata values and the DocumentContentInfoWritingParams subobject (available via the MetaDataWritingParams property) to specify which document metadata must be saved during export. | |
PictureFormat Quality PictureResolution | Removed | Use the ColorPictureFormats, GrayPictureFormats, JpegQuality, Resolution properties of the PictureExportParams subobject instead. This object now contains all parameters for picture export to all formats except PDF. | |
RunningTitleMode | Removed | Use the WriteRunningTitles boolean property instead. There are only two options for RTF export format: write running titles according to the RTF running title standard or not write them at all. | |
ForceFixedPageSize PaperHeight PaperWidth | Removed | Use the PaperSizeParams property instead. | |
Author Keywords Subject Title | Removed | Use the corresponding properties of the DocumentContentInfo object to set the metadata values and the DocumentContentInfoWritingParams subobject (available via the MetaDataWritingParams property) to specify which document metadata must be saved during export. | |
KeepTextAndBackgroundColor | Removed | Use the KeepTextColor and BackgroundColorMode properties instead. You can now set these two parameters separately. | |
KeepPages | Removed | Use the KeepPageBreaks property instead. | |
FormatWord95 WriteWordXML WriteCustomXMLTags | Removed | These properties are obsolete because the formats are no longer in use. | |
EnhanceImages | Removed | Image enhancement through the old API is not supported. You can use methods of the ImageDocument to preprocess images, improving recognition quality and enhancing the image appearance. | |
PageSynthesisMode | Default value changed | By default, the value of this property is PSM\_RTFEditableCopy. | |
PSM\_Unknown | Removed | This constant is obsolete and no longer in use. | |
PSM\_RTFColumns | Removed | Use the PSM\_RTFEditableCopy constant instead. | |
TXTIsCSV CSVTablesOnly | Removed | To export to CSV format, use the ExportFormat property. | |
CodePageType | Removed | This property is no longer supported. The code page is selected from all types of code pages. This property can be removed from code of your application with no influence on results of export. | |
ExportParagraphsAsOneLine | Behavior changed | The value of this property is ignored if the RetainLayout property is TRUE. | |
InsertEmptyLineBetweenParagraphs | Behavior changed | The value of this property is ignored if the RetainLayout property is TRUE. | |
RunningTitleMode | Removed | Use the WriteRunningTitles boolean property instead. There are only two options for TXT and CSV export formats: write running titles as plain text or not write them at all. | |
AppendEOF | Removed | This property is obsolete. Modern operating systems do not pay attention to the End Of File symbol. | |
RunningTitleMode | Removed | Use the WriteRunningTitles boolean property instead. There are only two options for XLS/XLSX export format: write running titles as plain text or not write them at all. | |
Author Keywords Subject Title | Removed | Use the corresponding properties of the DocumentContentInfo object to set the metadata values and the DocumentContentInfoWritingParams subobject (available via the MetaDataWritingParams property) to specify which document metadata must be saved during export. | |
FEF\_PPT | Removed | Export to PPT format is no longer supported. For export to PPTX use the FEF\_PPTX constant. | |
FEF\_PDFA | Removed | The constant is obsolete. Use the PDFExportParams object with the PDFAComplianceMode property set to support the necessary type of PDF/A standard. | |
FEF\_RTF | Behavior changed | This constant specifies RTF saving format. DOC output format is not supported. If you use this constant in an export method together with DOC extension of the output file, the output file will have DOC extension but will be RTF, in fact. | |
ExportPictureFormatEnum | Removed | The constants are no longer in use. | |
RunningTitleModeEnum | Removed | The constants are no longer in use. | |
RTFPageOrientationEnum | Renamed | The new name of the enumeration is PageOrientationEnum. | |
WriteCharAttributes | Type changed | The property has the XMLCharAttributesEnum type. The old WriteCharAttributes property set to TRUE is equivalent to the new property set to XCA\_Basic, set to FALSE — to XCA\_None. | |
WriteAsciiCharAttributes WriteExtendedCharAttributes | Removed | Use the WriteCharAttributes property set to XCA\_Ascii and XCA\_Extended, respectively. | |
WriteNondeskewedCoordinates | Default value changed | By default, the value of this property is TRUE. | |
FontModeEnum | Removed | These constants are no longer in use. The properties that used these constants have been replaced with some other properties or removed. See details for corresponding properties. | |
MRCEnabled | Removed | Use the MRCMode property of the PDFExportParams object instead. | |
BackgroundDownSampling | Default value changed | The new default value of this property is 2. | |
MonochromeText | Default value changed | The new default value of this property is FALSE. | |
PicturesInBackground | Renamed, type changed | This property is now called ProcessPicturesAsBackground and is of ThreeStatePropertyValueEnum type. | |
BackgroundFormat BackgroundQuality ColorMaskFormat ColorMaskQuality TextMaskFormat TextMaskQuality | Removed | Use similar properties of the PDFPictureCompressionParams object. | |
BackgroundColor | Default value changed | The new default value of the property is -1, which means that the background color should be detected automatically based on the original background. | |
CompressionLevel | Removed | This property contained obsolete settings, which cannot be used in this version. You can remove this property from code of your application with no effect on PDF export. | |
TextMaskDownSampling | Removed | This functionality is no longer supported. Down sampling rate of text mask cannot be specified in this version. | |
UseAES | Removed | Use the EncryptionAlgorithm property to select the encryption type. | |
PDFExportParams PDFAExportParams | Removed | The new PDFExportParams object can be used to setup the export to PDF and PDF/A format. See below the equivalence between the properties of the objects (property of old PDFExportParams (PDFAExportParams) — corresponding property of new PDFExportParams):
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PDFMRCCompressionLevelEnum | Removed | The constants are no longer in use. The properties that used these constants have been replaced with some other properties or removed. See details for corresponding properties. | |
WritingStyleEnum | WS\_Default | Removed | We recommend using WS\_Auto to ensure the best recognition quality. If you need to select the writing style corresponding to the current operating system language, use WS\_DetectByLocale. |
Object/Enumeration | Property/Method/Constant | What has happened? | Comment |
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IsActivated | Removed | Only activated licenses are available. | |
IsAbsoluteTimeLimitationUsed IsRelativeTimeLimitationUsed RelativeDays | Removed | For activated licenses use the ExpirationDate method of the License object. | |
CounterMeasureUnit | Removed | A license may have several counters with different measuring units. | |
LimitationPeriod RemainingUnits UnitsPerPeriod | Removed | Use the VolumeRefreshingPeriod, VolumeRemaining, Volume properties instead, respectively. These properties take as the input parameter a LicenseCounterTypeEnum constant as the license may have several counters with different measuring units. | |
Module renamed | The new name of the module is AvailableEngineModulesFlags. | ||
AEM\_FullTextSearchDA AEM\_FlexiFormsDA | Removed | The corresponding modules are no longer used. | |
AEM\_ASCII | Removed | Corresponding license module is no longer in use. The AEM\_ProcessAsPlainText constant provides access to the Processing as Plain Text module, which provides similar functionality. | |
AEM\_1DBarcode AEM\_2DBarcodePDF417 AEM\_Aztec AEM\_QRCode AEM\_DataMatrix AEM\_BarcodeAutolocation | Removed | The corresponding AvailableBarcodeModulesFlags are used. The AEM\_2DBarcodePDF417 constant corresponds to ABM\_PDF417 constant. | |
AEM\_CJK AEM\_Thai AEM\_Vietnamese AEM\_Hebrew AEM\_FineReaderXIX AEM\_LanguageDatabase | Removed | The corresponding AvailableLanguageSetsFlags are used. | |
Module renamed | The new name of the module is AvailableExportFormatsFlags. | ||
AEF\_DBF | Removed | Export to DBF format is no longer supported because the format is going out of wide use. | |
Module renamed | The new name of the module is AvailableTextTypesFlags. | ||
Module renamed | The new name of the module is AvailableVisualComponentsFlags. | ||
LicenseLimitationPeriodEnum | Renamed | The new name is VolumeRefreshingPeriodEnum. It provides the same functionality with the following exception:
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LicenseCounterMeasuringUnitEnum | Renamed | The new name is LicenseCounterTypeEnum. | |
LicenseCollection | Renamed | The new name of the object is Licenses. |
Object/Enumeration | Property/Method/Constant | What has happened? | Comment |
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LongsCollection | Renamed | The new name of the object is IntsCollection. The new object differs from the old one in the following respects:
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Insert Remove RemoveAll | Renamed | The new names of the methods are InsertAt, DeleteAt, DeleteAll. | |
Removed | The method is no longer supported. To create a copy of the collection, you can create a new collection using the IEngine::CreateStringsCollection method and add the same elements to it using the Add method. | ||
IRecognizedPages | Removed | The methods which required an object of this type have been removed. |