private static string DetectAndRecognizeMicr(string fileName)
{
try
{
//Initialize the codecs class and load the image
using (var codecs = new RasterCodecs())
using (var img = codecs.Load(fileName))
{
//prepare the MICR detector command and run it
var micrDetector = new MICRCodeDetectionCommand
{
SearchingZone = new LeadRect(0, 0, img.Width, img.Height)
};
micrDetector.Run(img);
//See if there is a MICR detected - if not return
if (micrDetector.MICRZone == LeadRect.Empty)
{
return("No MICR detected in this file.");
}
//if there is a MICR zone detected startup OCR
using (var ocrEngine = OcrEngineManager.CreateEngine(OcrEngineType.Advantage, false))
{
ocrEngine.Startup(null, null, null, null);
//create the OCR Page
var ocrPage = ocrEngine.CreatePage(img, OcrImageSharingMode.None);
//Create the OCR zone for the MICR and add to the Ocr Page and recognize
var micrZone = new OcrZone
{
Bounds = LogicalRectangle.FromRectangle(micrDetector.MICRZone),
ZoneType = OcrZoneType.Micr
};
ocrPage.Zones.Add(micrZone);
ocrPage.Recognize(null);
//return the MICR text
return(ocrPage.GetText(-1));
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
return(ex.Message);
}
}
