Introduction to WIA 2.0

Updated: May 4, 2007
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This paper introduces Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) 2.0 and the new features that have been introduced in Windows Vista. It describes the basic concepts that developers need to write a WIA 2.0 device driver or application.

This information applies for the following operating systems:
Windows Server 2008
Windows Vista

Included in this white paper:

New Item Tree Structure

Stream-Based Transfer Model

WIA 2.0 Extensions

Image-Processing Filter

Segmentation Filter

Error Handling

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