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With the release of Apple M1, Mac has started their journey transitioning from x86_64 to arm64. Dynamsoft has not released any package for the new architecture Mac yet. However, it does not mean we can’t run our existing software on the new platform. Rosetta2 could translate ...

ASP.NET Core enables C# application to run on *nix operating systems. In this tutorial, we are going to play with ASP.NET Core and Dynamic Web TWAIN SDK to build a DotNet Core document scanning application for Windows, Linux, and macOS.PreparationFirst and foremost, we should ...

Wrapping a HTML element as an component is a new fashion of front-end development. In this article, we will take a tour of building a component-based document scanning app using Vue.js and Dynamic Web TWAIN. To make our app look modern, we hire Vuetify, one of the most popula ...

In the past, Dynamic Web TWAIN was tightly correlated with HTML elements. It only allowed developers to use HTML element ID to initialize the image container. In the meantime, shadow DOM elements were not supported, which failed Polymer projects. Starting from the latest vers ...

Dynamic Web TWAIN SDK v15.2 brings a set of new APIs for classifying images by tags. In this article, I will share how to use the latest JavaScript APIs to implement a simple web document management app from scratch.Building Document Management App in JavaScriptCreate an HTML ...

Mono is an open source implementation of Microsoft’s .NET Framework. It aims to help C# developers create cross-platform .NET applications. Although .NET Core is born for multiple platforms (Windows, Linux, and macOS), it is so far not a substitution of .NET framework. If you ...

This tutorial aims to help .NET developers use Dynamic .NET TWAIN in Unity projects.Download Unity Dynamic .NET TWAINUnity Infinite Loading IssueIt’s weird when running the Unity editor first time, I got stuck on the loading screen. If you suffer from the issue, remove %USERP ...

Dynamic Web TWAIN has been widely used for developing web browser based document scanning apps. Is it possible to embed Dynamic Web TWAIN APIs into a Chrome app or extension? In this post, I want to share what I went through while building a Chrome extension.Chrome AppWhen op ...

Last week, I shared how to load a global JavaScript library dynamsoft.webtwain.min.js in React. Now it is time to use the library to build a simple app. I hope this tutorial will be handy for Dynamic Web TWAIN developers.Building Document Scanning App with ReactInitialize and ...

Electron is a framework for building cross-platform desktop apps with HTML, JavaScript, and CSS. Since Dynamic Web TWAIN is also a cross-platform JavaScript library for scanning document, it is pretty easy to implement a desktop document scan app with Electron for Windows, Li ...

Dynamic Web TWAIN Linux Edition is a web-based document scanning SDK based on SANE. It consists of a native scanning service, which communicates with the scanner driver, and a JavaScript scanner library. With a few lines of JavaScript code, you can quickly build robust web sc ...

Dynamic Web TWAIN for Raspberry Pi is on Dynamsoft Labs now. No matter whether you are a Dynamic Web TWAIN user or not, if you want to build a document scanning and management system with low cost, you should experience this edition. Build a smart and wireless scanner with a ...

Dynamic Web TWAIN for Linux is coming soon. The underlying technology is SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy). Although we do not need to write any code other than JavaScript when using Dynamic Web TWAIN to develop SANE document scanning applications on Linux, learning the underlyi ...

Have you ever imagined to build a JavaScript document scanning solution for Windows, Linux, and macOS from one single codebase? To make it, you need to find a solution that compatible with different scanner driver types: TWAIN for Windows, SANE for Linux, TWAIN, and ICA for m ...

Dynamic Web TWAIN is a document scanning SDK that allows developers to build document management solutions in JavaScript. The beta version of Dynamic Web TWAIN for Linux is available for download. This post will illustrate how to build a simple web application to scan documen ...

Dynamic Web TWAIN SDK is a scanning SDK designed for web application development. It helps developers to easily build document scanning apps with a few lines of JavaScript code. The preview of Dynamic Web TWAIN for Linux is available now. In this post, I will demonstrate how ...

Have you ever thought about how to create a Web document scanning project with Ruby on Rails? In this tutorial, I’m going to guide you through how to create a Rails project with Dynamic Web TWAIN (DWT) SDK for loading, scanning and uploading document files step by step.Prereq ...

MongoDB is known as a NoSQL database, which uses a JSON-like document structure by key-value pairs. Comparing to the relational database like MySQL, MongoDB is easier and more scalable. Especially when processing big and complex data, MongoDB can perform faster and better. In ...

Last week, I introduced how to create a Web application for document imaging and uploading with Dynamic Web TWAIN SDK and Node.js. In this tutorial, I’d like to share a more convenient way to implement such a solution in Go. You can just copy the client-relevant resources and ...

In this tutorial, I’d like to share how to implement a simple Web application for document imaging and uploading with Dynamic Web TWAIN SDK (DWT) and Node.js.Download and Installation Dynamic Web TWAIN download Node.js downloadCreating a Web Server with Node.jsRun your comman ...

Some Java developers asked a question about how to use Dynamic Web TWAIN (DWT) to upload image files when building a Web application with Struts. In this tutorial, I’d like to make a detailed explanation.How to Upload Files with StrutsUsing NetBeans IDE, we can quickly create ...

Dynamsoft provides a free online OCR tool for end-users. In this tutorial, I’d like to anatomize how to use Dynamic Web TWAIN SDK and Dynamic .NET TWAIN SDK to implement the online OCR solution. You can have fun with the tool before reading the next paragraph.Free Online OCRP ...

Dynamic .NET TWAIN 5.0 has been released for a while. To help users to quickly grasp APIs, a brand-new API demo, written in WPF with C# & VB.NET, is included. In this tutorial, we would like to show the anatomy of this application. Let’s glance at the screenshot as a warm ...

In today’s “big data era”, more and more organizations are using an enterprise content management (ECM) or record management system (RMS) to help maintain and manage the documents. Digitizing documents and storing them in a central database has become an important part of man ...

When developing an online image capture application, which API shall we choose?Catherine wrote an article which introduces three popular APIs for imaging apps - TWAIN, WIA and DirectShow. It will give you some ideas on TWAIN vs WIA vs Direcshow and will give you some clues on ...

ActiveX is a software framework created by Microsoft for sharing information and functionality among different applications. As for web application, ActiveX only works with Internet Explorer.Choose a secure ActiveX controlDue to the fact that ActiveX control can literally do ...

Simplify your document scanning and editing processWith the development of digital devices (scanners, webcams) and information delivering and sharing online, more users choose to manage and store documents online, such as legal papers, contracts and IDs. This perfectly solves ...