CompuServe Thread

TWAIN access from DOS?

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#117340From: Debbie BerneAug 9, 1994 9:24 PM
Does anybody know of a program that will allow me to access a TWAIN scanning device from DOS? Is TWAIN a strictly Windows format? Thanks! Dave Renneker
#117428From: dave aguilarAug 10, 1994 2:29 AM
/* Does anybody know of a program that will allow me to access a TWAIN scanning device from DOS? Is TWAIN a strictly Windows format? */ I believe so. My TWAIN stuff installed after a Logitech hand color scanner was purchased, and I didn't see anything about DOS in the software install manuals. -dave
#118136From: Marion K. MarksAug 13, 1994 5:49 PM
TWAIN is Windoze-only. In fact, the "W" in the "TWAIN" acronym stands for "Windows," if I remember right (it was a rather contrived acronym). TWAIN involves .DLLs and Windoze GUI APIs and DDE and all sorts of Windoze-specific stuff that simply cannot possibly be duplicated in a DOS environment. Sorry.
#118186From: Ted BoardmanAug 14, 1994 6:28 AM
I thought TWAIN was "Technology Without An Interesting Name", really! TedB !^NavFont01F0007MGHHG419180
#118195From: Debbie BerneAug 14, 1994 11:15 AM
It. looks like it will be an endless swich between Windows and AniPro. Maybe one day there will be Animator Pro for Windows. Thanks for your help. Dave Renneker
#118225From: dave aguilarAug 14, 1994 3:34 PM
/* It. looks like it will be an endless swich between Windows and AniPro. Maybe one day there will be Animator Pro for Windows. Thanks for your help. */ Maybe…. someday… <he said, gazing out at a lone star…. > -dave