Hi all,

I have an application which I have to add support for scanning documents and saving them to a MS-SQL database, I need:

• Any recommendations for a scanning library.  I am using VB.NET
  
• Suggestion on what file format to use for scanning these documents to alleviate the database growing fast?

Thanks!!!

Edhy Rijo

Hi Trent,

Thanks very much for all the information, specially what not to use <smile!!1>

I found Dynamic .Net Twain SDK from Dynamic Software http://www.dynamsoft.com/Products/.Net-TWAIN-Scanner-Features.aspx so far, they look simple and affordable.

My application target Car Insurance Brokers, so mainly I will need to scan documents associated with their insurance policies.  I would prefer to store everything in the database just for centralized management and online backup protection.

About scanners, my customer use network scanner from Dell printers which I believe support TWAIN.  I have no idea what are the ISIS scanners, but will find out just to be sure whatever SDK I invest on will be worthy down the line, since initially I may just need basic scanning functionality, but later on requirements can get complicated.

Edhy Rijo