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This method is implemented in FRE for Windows.
This method opens the specified bitmap image (HBITMAP).

Syntax

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Visual Basic .NET

Parameters

BitmapHandle [in] Specifies the handle of the GDI object (HBITMAP). This handle should be available to the process that operates ABBYY FineReader Engine. The handle is passed as __int64. XResolution [in] Specifies the horizontal resolution of the bitmap. YResolution [in] Specifies the vertical resolution of the bitmap. PrepareMode [in] Refers to the PrepareImageMode object that stores parameters for bitmap conversion in internal format. This parameter may be 0 in which case default parameters of the image preparation mode are used, or, if a profile has been loaded, the parameters set by this profile are used. Result [out, retval] A pointer to IImageDocument* pointer variable that receives the interface pointer to the resulting ImageDocument object.

Return values

Windows: This method has no specific return values. It returns the standard return values of ABBYY FineReader Engine functions. Linux and macOS: This method returns E_NOTIMPL.

Remarks

This method does not work if the Engine is loaded as an out-of-process server in Linux or if the object is created using the OutprocLoader object in Windows. See also Engine PrepareBitmap