Knowledgebase

If you get the error:

Leadtools.Forms.Ocr.OcrException : Engine initialization error, or there is no appropriate license.
at Leadtools.Forms.Ocr.Plus.OcrEngine.StartupEngine(String startupParameters)
at Leadtools.Forms.Ocr.Plus.OcrEngine.Startup(RasterCodecs rasterCodecs, String workDirectory, String startupParameters)

make sure the ocr engine is started with the correct path to the installation of the Leadtools.

 // Start OCR-engine var ocrEngine = OcrEngineManager.CreateEngine(OcrEngineType.Plus, false);
            if (!ocrEngine.IsStarted)
            {
                ocrEngine.Startup(null, null, @“C:\InstallationFolderLeadTools”);
            }

The LeadTools OCR Engine should be installed in  C:\InstallationFolderLeadTools.

Adding LeadTools installation folder to the PATH variable

The error can some times be caused by the folder C:\InstallationFolderLeadTools not being in the PATH variable.

Add the [C:\InstallationFolderLeadTools] to the PATH variable.

Control Panel > System > Advanced System Settings

enable32BitAppOnWin64

This error can also be caused by an IIS or IIS express application pool not running in 32-bit application mode.

IIS

Change IIS Application Pool setting [Enable 32-bit Applications] to [True]

IIS Express

Add enable32BitAppOnWin64="true" in [C:\Users\User1\Documents\IISExpress\config\applicationhost.config].

<applicationPools>

            <add name="Clr4IntegratedAppPool" managedRuntimeVersion="v4.0" managedPipelineMode="Integrated" CLRConfigFile="%IIS_USER_HOME%\config\aspnet.config" autoStart="true" enable32BitAppOnWin64="true">

                <processModel loadUserProfile="true" />

            </add>

            <add name="Clr4ClassicAppPool" managedRuntimeVersion="v4.0" managedPipelineMode="Classic" CLRConfigFile="%IIS_USER_HOME%\config\aspnet.config" autoStart="true" enable32BitAppOnWin64="true"/>

            <add name="Clr2IntegratedAppPool" managedRuntimeVersion="v2.0" managedPipelineMode="Integrated" CLRConfigFile="%IIS_USER_HOME%\config\aspnet.config" autoStart="true" enable32BitAppOnWin64="true"/>

            <add name="Clr2ClassicAppPool" managedRuntimeVersion="v2.0" managedPipelineMode="Classic" CLRConfigFile="%IIS_USER_HOME%\config\aspnet.config" autoStart="true" enable32BitAppOnWin64="true"/>

            <add name="UnmanagedClassicAppPool" managedRuntimeVersion="" managedPipelineMode="Classic" autoStart="true" enable32BitAppOnWin64="true"/>

            <applicationPoolDefaults managedRuntimeLoader="v4.0">

                <processModel />

            </applicationPoolDefaults>

        </applicationPools>