The ImageGear Professional DLL for Windows User Guide provides the following information:

• The Introduction provides information about ImageGear features, improvements, and component structure.
• The Installing, Licensing, and Distributing chapter provides system requirements information as well as installation instructions. It also describes the structure of installed ImageGear files and the ImageGear Licensing process.
• The Getting Started chapter describes how to incorporate ImageGear's imaging capabilities into your own applications by using the sample source imaging programs provided with your toolkit.
• The Using ImageGear chapter provides information about how to call an ImageGear function, including setting up the variables and structures passed as arguments, and details which functions to use to perform a variety of imaging tasks. It also explains how to work with some ImageGear component API.
• The File Format Reference chapter provides detailed information for each file format supported by ImageGear, along with the corresponding control parameters, supported features and compressions, plus "at-a-glance" tables that describe the features supported by each format, providing guidelines on which formats may be most suitable when speed, storage space, or similar considerations are important.
• The Appendices/General Reference chapter provides general reference information.

Refer to the API Reference Guide for detailed information about the ImageGear API.