/// <summary>
/// Use scanner to scan an image (with user selecting the scanner from a dialog).
/// </summary>
/// <returns>Scanned images. (Base64 strings)</returns>
public static List <string> Scan()
{
WIA.ICommonDialog dialog = new WIA.CommonDialog();
WIA.Device device = dialog.ShowSelectDevice(WIA.WiaDeviceType.UnspecifiedDeviceType, true, false);
ScanSettings settings = new ScanSettings();
settings.DeviceId = device.DeviceID;
if (device != null)
{
return(Scan(settings));
}
else
{
throw new Exception("You must select a device for scanning.");
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Use scanner to scan an image (scanner is selected by its unique id).
/// </summary>
/// <param name="scannerName"></param>
/// <returns>Scanned images.</returns>
public static List <string> Scan(ScanSettings settings)
{
List <string> images = new List <string>();
bool hasMorePages = true;
while (hasMorePages)
{
// select the correct scanner using the provided scannerId parameter
WIA.DeviceManager manager = new WIA.DeviceManager();
WIA.Device device = null;
foreach (WIA.DeviceInfo info in manager.DeviceInfos)
{
if (info.DeviceID == settings.DeviceId)
{
// connect to scanner
device = info.Connect();
break;
}
}
// device was not found
if (device == null)
{
// enumerate available devices
string availableDevices = "";
foreach (WIA.DeviceInfo info in manager.DeviceInfos)
{
availableDevices += info.DeviceID + "\n";
}
// show error with available devices
throw new Exception("The device with provided ID could not be found. Available Devices:\n" + availableDevices);
}
WIA.Item item = device.Items[1] as WIA.Item;
try
{
// scan image
WIA.ICommonDialog wiaCommonDialog = new WIA.CommonDialog();
WIAScanner.AdjustScannerSettings(item, settings.WIA_Intent);
WIA.ImageFile image = (WIA.ImageFile)wiaCommonDialog.ShowTransfer(item, wiaFormatBMP, false);
var imageBytes = (byte[])image.FileData.get_BinaryData();
images.Add(Convert.ToBase64String(imageBytes));
}
catch (Exception exc)
{
throw exc;
}
finally
{
item = null;
//determine if there are any more pages waiting
WIA.Property documentHandlingSelect = null;
WIA.Property documentHandlingStatus = null;
foreach (WIA.Property prop in device.Properties)
{
if (prop.PropertyID == WIA_PROPERTIES.WIA_DPS_DOCUMENT_HANDLING_SELECT)
{
documentHandlingSelect = prop;
}
if (prop.PropertyID == WIA_PROPERTIES.WIA_DPS_DOCUMENT_HANDLING_STATUS)
{
documentHandlingStatus = prop;
}
}
// assume there are no more pages
hasMorePages = false;
// may not exist on flatbed scanner but required for feeder
if (documentHandlingSelect != null)
{
// check for document feeder
if ((Convert.ToUInt32(documentHandlingSelect.get_Value()) & WIA_DPS_DOCUMENT_HANDLING_SELECT.FEEDER) != 0)
{
hasMorePages = ((Convert.ToUInt32(documentHandlingStatus.get_Value()) & WIA_DPS_DOCUMENT_HANDLING_STATUS.FEED_READY) != 0);
}
}
}
}
return(images);
}