Acquire images from WIA scanner synchronously

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VintaSoft Twain .NET SDK allows to acquire images from WIA image scanner synchronously (in a modal loop).

Here are steps, which should be done for synchronous acquisition of images from WIA device:

Open WIA device manager.
Open WIA device.
Set the scanning settings.
Start the synchronous acquisition of images from WIA device by calling WiaDevice.AcquireImageSync or WiaDevice.AcquireImageSyncAsFileStream method.
Break loop if WiaDevice.AcquireImageSync method returns null.

Here is an example that demonstrates how to synchronously acquire images from WIA device and save acquired images to a PDF document:

/// <summary>
/// Synchronously acquire images from WIA image scanner.
/// </summary>
public void SynchronouslyAcquireImagesFromWiaDevice()
{
    // create WIA device manager
    using (Vintasoft.WiaImageScanning.WiaDeviceManager deviceManager = new Vintasoft.WiaImageScanning.WiaDeviceManager())
    {
        // open WIA device manager
        deviceManager.Open();

        // get count of WIA devices
        int deviceCount = deviceManager.Devices.Count;
        if (deviceCount == 0)
        {
            System.Console.WriteLine("Devices are not found.");
            return;
        }

        // select the first WIA device
        Vintasoft.WiaImageScanning.WiaDevice device = deviceManager.Devices[0];

        // open WIA device
        device.Open();

        int imageIndex = 0;
        Vintasoft.WiaImageScanning.WiaAcquiredImage acquiredImage = null;
        do
        {
            try
            {
                // acquire image from WIA device
                acquiredImage = device.AcquireImageSync();
                // if image is received
                if (acquiredImage != null)
                {
                    imageIndex++;
                    string filename = string.Format("scannedImage-{0}.png", imageIndex);
                    if (System.IO.File.Exists(filename))
                        System.IO.File.Delete(filename);

                    acquiredImage.Save(filename);

                    System.Console.WriteLine(string.Format("Acquired image is saved to a file '{0}'.", filename));
                }
                // if image is not received
                else
                {
                    System.Console.WriteLine("Scan is completed.");
                    break;
                }
            }
            catch (System.Exception ex)
            {
                System.Console.WriteLine(string.Format("Scan is failed: {0}", ex.Message));
                break;
            }
        }
        // while image is acquired
        while (acquiredImage != null);

        // close WIA device
        device.Close();

        // close WIA device manager
        deviceManager.Close();
    }

    System.Console.ReadLine();
}

VB.NET

''' <summary>
''' Synchronously acquire images from WIA image scanner.
''' </summary>
Public Sub SynchronouslyAcquireImagesFromWiaDevice()
    ' create WIA device manager
    Using deviceManager As New Vintasoft.WiaImageScanning.WiaDeviceManager()
        ' open WIA device manager
        deviceManager.Open()

        ' get count of WIA devices
        Dim deviceCount As Integer = deviceManager.Devices.Count
        If deviceCount = 0 Then
            System.Console.WriteLine("Devices are not found.")
            Return
        End If

        ' select the first WIA device
        Dim device As Vintasoft.WiaImageScanning.WiaDevice = deviceManager.Devices(0)

        ' open WIA device
        device.Open()

        Dim imageIndex As Integer = 0
        Dim acquiredImage As Vintasoft.WiaImageScanning.WiaAcquiredImage = Nothing
        Do
            Try
                ' acquire image from WIA device
                acquiredImage = device.AcquireImageSync()
                ' if image is received
                If acquiredImage IsNot Nothing Then
                    imageIndex += 1
                    Dim filename As String = String.Format("scannedImage-{0}.png", imageIndex)
                    If System.IO.File.Exists(filename) Then
                        System.IO.File.Delete(filename)
                    End If

                    acquiredImage.Save(filename)

                    System.Console.WriteLine(String.Format("Acquired image is saved to a file '{0}'.", filename))
                Else
                    ' if image is not received
                    System.Console.WriteLine("Scan is completed.")
                    Exit Try
                End If
            Catch ex As System.Exception
                System.Console.WriteLine(String.Format("Scan is failed: {0}", ex.Message))
                Exit Try
            End Try
            ' while image is acquired
        Loop While acquiredImage IsNot Nothing

        ' close WIA device
        device.Close()

        ' close WIA device manager
        deviceManager.Close()
    End Using

    System.Console.ReadLine()
End Sub

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