NotateXpress™ Version 12 is an invisible-at-runtime (windowless) control that adds powerful annotation functionality to the Accusoft ImagXpress component. NotateXpress enables annotation capability both programmatically and through application end-user interaction.
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If you are upgrading from a previous version, see Upgrading from NotateXpress 11 to NotateXpress 12, which provides more detailed information about the new features introduced in NotateXpress Version 12. |
New Features in Version 12
NotateXpress Version 12 introduces the following new features:
- Support for reading annotations from Stream
NotateXpress now reads annotations from memory that were created on disk or in memory, improving ease of use.
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Please also refer to the Accusoft.NotateXpress12.ActiveX.Changes.txt file for a description of the bug fixes and enhancements in this release. |
Primary Features
- Fully-programmable annotation support
- Add annotation and redaction capability to applications
- Standard annotation elements include ruler, freehand, text, rectangle, ellipse, polygon, line, polyline, image, stamp, straight line, block highlight, and note.
- Create, display, save, restore, and password-protect annotations in independent layers
- Brand (burn) annotations into images
- Print annotations with the image
- Add, delete, query, and manipulate annotation elements programmatically
- Read and write the Wang/Kodak TIFF annotation format, and store all annotations in either TIFF files or in external files
- Unicode (double-byte) characters are supported for languages with extended character sets
- Supports opaque, translucent, and fully transparent backgrounds for notations
- Supports opaque and translucent notations, useful for water-marking
- Multiple layer support
- Legacy .ANN annotation file format support
- Lock and unlock annotation data to the control rather than the image, enabling navigation of medical images (and others) without moving the annotations, such as patient name and ID.