Understanding the editions for VintaSoft Imaging .NET SDK and Plug-ins
VintaSoft Imaging .NET SDK is offered in 2 editions according to supported OS. These are "Edition for Windows" and "Edition for Linux", which include DLLs natively compiled under .NET.
VintaSoft Imaging .NET SDK is the basis for all plug-ins: VintaSoft Annotation .NET Plug-in, VintaSoft PDF .NET Plug-in, VintaSoft JBIG2 .NET Plug-in, VintaSoft JPEG2000 .NET Plug-in, VintaSoft Document Cleanup .NET Plug-in, VintaSoft OCR .NET Plug-in, VintaSoft Forms Processing .NET Plug-in and VintaSoft Office .NET Plug-in. The Plug-ins cannot be licensed and used without VintaSoft Imaging .NET SDK.
Among plug-ins only 3 have editions: VintaSoft PDF .NET Plug-in, VintaSoft DICOM .NET Plug-in and VintaSoft Office .NET Plug-in.
VintaSoft PDF .NET Plug-in has 3 editions according to functionality: "PDF Reader", "PDF Writer" and "PDF Visual Editor". Also there is the ability to license bundles: "PDF Reader+Writer+Visual Editor" and "PDF Reader+Writer". Thus to license the proper edition of VintaSoft PDF .NET Plug-in you have to consider what PDF functionality you may require in your project. If you need only to display or read structure of PDFs, e.g. for converting to TIFF or JPEG, then the "PDF Reader" edition will suffice. If you need only to save your image documents to PDF format, without displaying PDFs, then the "PDF Writer" edition will suffice. If you need the enhanced functionality for visual editing of PDF page content via mouse and keyboard please go for the bundle "PDF Reader+Writer+Visual Editor". NOTE: The "PDF Visual Editor" edition CANNOT be licensed separately. It MUST be licensed together with "PDF Reader+Writer" edition, as it extensively uses the PDF reading and writing functionality.
VintaSoft DICOM .NET Plug-in has 2 editions according to functionality: "DICOM Codec" and "DICOM MPR". Also there is the ability to license the bundle "DICOM Codec+MPR". Thus to license the proper edition of VintaSoft DICOM .NET Plug-in you have to consider what DICOM functionality you may require in your project. If you need only to display or read structure of DICOM files, e.g. for converting to TIFF or JPEG, then the "DICOM Codec" edition will suffice. If you need also to use the features of DICOM Multiplanar Reconstruction (MPR) then the "DICOM Decoder+MPR" edition is required. NOTE: The "DICOM MPR" edition CANNOT be licensed separately. It MUST be licensed together with "DICOM Codec" edition, as it extensively uses the DICOM Codec functionality.
VintaSoft Office .NET Plug-in has 2 editions according to functionality: "Office Reader+Writer" and "Spreadsheet". Also there is the ability to license the bundle "Office Reader+Writer+Spreadsheet". Thus to license the proper edition of VintaSoft Office .NET Plug-in you have to consider what Office functionality you may require in your project. NOTE: The "Spreadsheet" edition CANNOT be licensed separately. It MUST be licensed together with "Office Reader+Writer" edition, as it extensively uses the Office Reader+Writer functionality.