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LEAD Technologies Announces the Release of the First Imaging Specific WPF SDK

Support for displaying, loading, saving, converting or processing all image formats

CHARLOTTE, NC - April 1, 2008 – LEAD Technologies, Inc., a company that is changing the way computer users interact with documents and image files, today announced the release of the first imaging specific WPF SDK, with WPF functionality in our LEADTOOLS product line.

LEADTOOLS WPF Module will have WPF support included with LEADTOOLS Raster Imaging Pro. With this new release, LEAD has created LEADTOOLS for WPF and LEADTOOLS for WPF Express. The Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation environment provides a consistent programming model for building applications. Directly related to XAML, it provides a clear separation between business logic and the user interface, enabling you to build applications that blend the user interface, documents, images, and other content for delivery on the desktop or across-the-web.

"LEADTOOLS for WPF takes full advantage of The WPF framework, to provide you with out-of-the-box support for displaying, loading, saving, converting or processing all image formats supported by the Microsoft Windows BitmapSource class in the WPF environment, as well as the 150+ formats supported by LEADTOOLS Raster Imaging toolkits", stated Rich Little, LEAD Technologies' President.

LEADTOOLS includes WPF source code examples making the integration of many years of LEADTOOLS imaging expertise into the latest Microsoft WPF technology a simple task.

New WPF Imaging SDKs in v15:

LEADTOOLS for WPF Express includes everything a designer or developer needs to start adding imaging elements to WPF applications, including a WPF Viewer that supports the Microsoft .NET BitmapSource object. It also includes full documentation for all Windows Presentation Foundation functionality supported by all LEADTOOLS products.

LEADTOOLS for WPF Standard contains full featured versions of the WPF Viewer and ImageList controls, Bitmap Effects, and 40+ WIC Codecs.

LEADTOOLS WPF Module leverages the features and power of LEADTOOLS 15 including OCR, image processing and all of the other features available in LEADTOOLS 15. It includes everything from Standard plus a RasterImageViewer control that has support for the LEADTOOLS 15 RasterImage class and Load/Save methods.

Developers can harness the robust power of LEADTOOLS extensive file format support and image processing features, while taking advantage of the newest UI development features provided by WPF. LEADTOOLS includes WPF source code examples making the integration of many years of LEADTOOLS imaging expertise into the latest Microsoft WPF technology a simple task.

About LEAD Technologies, Inc.
Founded in 1990, LEAD grew out of years of research headed by Moe Daher to find a comprehensive compression standard for digital images. LEAD is now the world-leading supplier of imaging development toolkits, providing technology of the future, today. LEAD brings to the market the most innovative and technically superior products that provide the greatest possible value for its customers. LEAD’s award winning imaging technology is chosen by Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, Intel, Boeing, Xerox and thousands of other companies for use in their high volume applications and internal systems. Additional information is available at www.leadtools.com.

About DSCallards
Established in 1993, DSCallards brings together and harnesses the power of the world’s leading technologies to bring added value to organisations that include Britvic Soft Drinks Ltd, Geotechnical Instruments, Kellogg Company, N M Rothschild & Sons Ltd, Southampton City Council, Swansea Institute of Higher Education, Virgin Media and Zurich Financial Services. In addition, DSCallards is a specialist development resource, providing developers and businesses with advanced software technologies, an exclusive portfolio of training and consulting services and an application development capability. For more information, visit DSCallards at www.dscallards.com.

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LEAD Technologies Announces the Release of the First Imaging Specific WPF SDK

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