SeparatorBlock Object (ISeparatorBlock Interface)

SeparatorBlock object (ISeparatorBlock interface) in the ABBYY FineReader Engine API — Represents a separator block (a line on an image, detected during layout analysis and used to reconstruct page layout); exposes geometric, type, and direction properties; derived from IBlock.

This object provides access to specific properties of a separator block. The ISeparatorBlock interface is derived from the IBlock interface and inherits all its properties.

Separator is a line on an image. Separators are detected during page layout analysis and are used during export to reconstruct the initial page layout. They may be parts of a table, lines that separate different text elements, etc. This object allows you to get different separator geometrical properties together with its type and direction. The meaning of the properties is described by the picture:

If the line is skewed, it is analyzed as several separator blocks (vertical or horizontal). The examples of vertical and horizontal separators are presented below:

Properties

Name	Type	Description
EndPointX	int	Stores the horizontal coordinate of the end point of separator.
EndPointY	int	Stores the vertical coordinate of the end point of separator.
PreciseWidth	int	Stores the precise width of the separator in pixels.
SeparatorType	SeparatorTypeEnum	Stores the type of the separator.
StartPointX	int	Stores the horizontal coordinate of the start point of separator.
StartPointY	int	Stores the vertical coordinate of the start point of separator.

Methods

Name	Description
CopyFrom	Initializes the properties of the current object with the values of similar properties of another object.

Related objects

Object Diagram

Output parameter

This object is the output parameter of the following methods:

• GetAsSeparatorBlock method of the Block object
• Item, AddNew methods of the SeparatorGroup object

See also

Block

SeparatorGroup

Working with Layout and Blocks

Working with Properties