PascalSane
About
PascalSane provides pascal bindings for the libsane library, enabling Lazarus and FreePascal applications to access scanners under Linux.
Principal operations :
- list available scanners
- list options for a specified scanner
- set options for a scanner
- capture scanner input in PNM format
The download contains the libsane bindings and a unit saneutils.pas which provides some simple functions for manipulating scanner data. It also contains a demonstration Lazarus application, which contains examples of operations that can be performed using libsane.
Author
Malcolm Poole <mgpoole@users.sourceforge.net>
License
The libsane headers are in the public domain. The demo application is licensed under the GPL
Download
The latest stable release can be found at http://www.lingua-z.co.uk/software/PascalSane-0.1.tar.gz
Change Log
- Version 0.1 19 November 2008
Dependencies / System Requirements
- Linux
- libsane
Issues: functions SANE_OPTION_IS_ACTIVE and SANE_OPTION_IS_SETTABLE have not been tested and are unproven
Documentation
Documentation for the Sane API covers all the functions provided by the bindings. The source code for scanimage and other simple scanning applications can also be used for guidance.
How to include PascalSane in a Lazarus application
- add 'sane' to the uses statement
- in the Project Options dialog, add the path to sane.pas in the Other Unit Files section.
The PascalSane Example Application
- Open pascalsanedemo.lpi
- set path to sane.pas in Project Options dialog
- compile
- run