Is there a emulator I can use as a scanner for my .Net App to integrate with

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Hi Everyone,

I need to write a .Net application that is capable of scanning documents into my app as an image.

Basically my app needs a button... pressing the button should be able to communicate with the scanner to scan the document and save it somehow and do various other things after it is scanned....

The thing is that I don't have the same type of scanner as the person who wants it. Is there a simulator (or fake scanner) of a scanner I can start testing my app on. And is these apps for free?

Thanks,
Chrispie

Posted 18-Jan-12 2:17am

Chrispie123

Updated 7-Sep-18 5:16am

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Richard MacCutchan 18-Jan-12 9:09am

Probably not, but a few seconds with Google should help you find out.

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Jason Gleim · Answer 1 · 2012-01-18T04:03:00

All scanners should comply with the TWAIN standard... it doesn't matter what model is being used to acquire the images as long as it meets this standard. You should be able to test with any scanner.

You will probably want to get a jumpstart by looking up code to communicate with a scanner. There is, for example, a project on this very website that will capture images.

.NET TWAIN image scanner[^]

Chrispie123 · Answer 2 · 2012-02-01T08:30:00

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Thanks Jason

I was not able to find any good virtual scanners that are for free. In the end I bought a cheap scanner to use.

It works perfect with the solution you gave in the link

Thanks a lot for your help :)

Posted 1-Feb-12 8:30am