mrpepperpotts

Thank you so much for the followup. I found an alternative for windows 8 users: Replace: $Obj1 = ObjCreate("Preview.Preview.1") $Obj1_ctrl = GUICtrlCreateObj($Obj1, 0, 0, 640, 480) $Obj1.ShowFile ($capture_filename, 1) With: $Obj1 = ObjCreate("WMPlayer.OCX") ;NEW OBJECT REPLACING ORIGINAL IN UDF $Obj1_ctrl = GUICtrlCreateObj($Obj1, 0, 0, 640, 480) With $Obj1 .URL = $capture_filename .fullScreen = True .windowlessVideo = True .stretchToFit = True .enableContextMenu = True .enabled = True .uiMode = "full"; none / mini full .settings.autostart = True .settings.mute = False .settings.volume = 100; 0 - 100 .settings.Balance = 0; -100 to 100 EndWith Uses WMplayer.ocx instead. Credit: '?do=embed' frameborder='0' data-embedContent>>

Hey Smoke, Thanks for your help so far. I actually did see that thread and tried out the suggestions. I looked for the shimgvw.dll file (i do have it). I tried running regsrvr32 (under admin) as well as comdlg32.dll but I get this error dll is read but the DLLRegistryServer entry point was not found.) So I'm assuming its because I'm missing a critical dll file or there are conflicting files? It seems that there aren't many solutions for windows 8... I'm very new to this area (my main area of expertise is web development)... so if you could again point me in the right direction, I'd really appreciate it. I'm assuming I need to register a dll? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13931337/regsvr32-dllregisterserver-entry-point-was-not-found But since it's directly working with my registry, I wanted to confirm if I'm on the right path... Thanks again man. I appreciate the help

I'm trying to use it with a windows capture. Here is the full snippet: ; If the captures are to be displayed If $show_capture = 1 Then GUICreate("Tesseract Screen Capture. Note: image displayed is not to scale", 640, 480, 0, 0, $WS_SIZEBOX + $WS_SYSMENU) ; will create a dialog box that when displayed is centered GUISetBkColor(0xE0FFFF) ; Error starts here $Obj1 = ObjCreate("Preview.Preview.1") $Obj1_ctrl = GUICtrlCreateObj($Obj1, 0, 0, 640, 480) $Obj1.ShowFile ($capture_filename, 1) GUISetState() If IsArray($final_ocr) Then _ArrayDisplay($aArray, "Tesseract Text Capture Array") Else MsgBox(0, "Tesseract Text Capture Not Array", $final_ocr) EndIf GUIDelete() EndIf And the variable it's trying to pull is from above it: $capture_filename = _TempFile($tesseract_temp_path, "~", ".tif") . . ShellExecuteWait(@ProgramFilesDir & "\Tesseract-OCR\tesseract.exe", $capture_filename & " " & $ocr_filename, "", "", @SW_HIDE) Does this help you help me debug this?

This line of code is throwing up errors: $Obj1 = ObjCreate("Preview.Preview.1") $Obj1_ctrl = GUICtrlCreateObj($Obj1, 0, 0, 640, 480) $Obj1.ShowFile ($capture_filename, 1) #1) Error Number: 800401F3 / Invalid Class String #2) Error Number: 80004005 / Unspecified Error #3) Error Number: 000000A9 / Variable must be of type 'Object' Anyone know what it may be? The rest of the code works fine without it (if I comment it out). But I'm trying to get a preview to show and don't know what's causing the errors

Yeah I completely understand why you made it. Just wanted to clarify how I came about that code. Would you be able to point me in the right direction if that's not the tesseract.au3 file I should be using?

It seemed to be the most relevant search result on google under the keyword "autoit tesseract.au3" as it was the 3rd result and under the domain code.google.com. I took a look at the forum rules, and don't think I'm breaking any particular rules. If I did, I apologize.

I'm getting the same error as Seminko, and I made the change you suggested GregG, but the error still pops up. Here is my setup if it helps any Windows 8 Autoit v3.3.12.0 Tesseract (Windows installer of tesseract-ocr 3.02.02 (including English language data) Triple monitor setup And I'm using the UDF at the beginning of this thread.

Hey guys, Please bear with me as I'm sure this question has been asked many times already, but I've honestly tried googling/searching the forums before coming here. This is my current setup (everything has been installed new without any upgrades to previous versions of software). Windows 8 Autoit v3.3.12.0 Tesseract (Windows installer of tesseract-ocr 3.02.02 (including English language data) Triple monitor setup ---- Now I tried creating a test script from another user on the board just to see if it would run: #include <Tesseract.au3> $OCR_Result = _TesseractScreenCapture(0,"",1,1,626,148,654,167,1) But it seems there were no tesseract.au3 files in the include folder, so I went ahead and found this one: https://code.google.com/p/mu97bot/source/browse/trunk/AutoIt/Include/Tesseract.au3?r=9 There were a few other files that seemed to be missing in the autoit include folder (GDIP.au3, GDIPConstants.au3), so I just found them from the aforementioned link and added them into the include folder. I then went to run it again, and then a lot of errors popped up. Some examples are below: "C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\Include\GDIPConstants.au3"(110,33) : error: $GDIP_RLUM previously declared as a 'Const'. Global Const $GDIP_RLUM = 0.3086 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^ "C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\Include\GDIPConstants.au3"(111,33) : error: $GDIP_GLUM previously declared as a 'Const'. Global Const $GDIP_GLUM = 0.6094 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^ "C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\Include\GDIPConstants.au3"(112,33) : error: $GDIP_BLUM previously declared as a 'Const'. Global Const $GDIP_BLUM = 0.0820 "C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\Include\GDIP.au3"(5630,51) : error: _GDIPlus_PathAddClosedCurve() already defined. Func _GDIPlus_PathAddClosedCurve($hPath, $aPoints) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^ "C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\Include\GDIP.au3"(5712,45) : error: _GDIPlus_PathAddCurve() already defined. Func _GDIPlus_PathAddCurve($hPath, $aPoints) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^ "C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\Include\GDIP.au3"(5838,66) : error: _GDIPlus_PathAddEllipse() already defined. Func _GDIPlus_PathAddEllipse($hPath, $nX, $nY, $nWidth, $nHeight) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^ "C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\Include\GDIP.au3"(5864,58) : error: _GDIPlus_PathAddLine() already defined. Func _GDIPlus_PathAddLine($hPath, $nX1, $nY1, $nX2, $nY2) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^ "C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\Include\GDIP.au3"(496,37) : error: $ghGDIPDll: undeclared global variable. Local $aResult = DllCall($ghGDIPDll, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^ "C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\Include\Tesseract.au3"(978,124) : error: _ScreenCapture_CaptureWndClient(): undefined function. $hBitmap2 = _ScreenCapture_CaptureWndClient("", $hwnd2, $left_indent, $top_indent, -$right_indent, -$bottom_indent, False) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^ C:\Users\Christopher\Desktop\...\testscreen.au3 - 184 error(s), 1 warning(s) I'm assuming its an incompatibility issue with some of the files.. So I decided to try changing my original tesseract file to the one from this link: '?do=embed' frameborder='0' data-embedContent>> And none of the previous errors popped up, but instead a different one: "C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\Include\Tesseract.au3" (134) : ==> Variable must be of type "Object".: So I tried to include an error handler (at the suggestion of some threads) ;---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ; Com Error Handler ;---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Func MyErrFunc($oMyError) Local $HexNumber Local $strMsg $HexNumber = Hex($oMyError.Number, 8) $strMsg = "Error Number: " & $HexNumber & @CRLF $strMsg &= "WinDescription: " & $oMyError.WinDescription & @CRLF $strMsg &= "Script Line: " & $oMyError.ScriptLine & @CRLF MsgBox(0, "ERROR", $strMsg) SetError(1) Endfunc And I get the following errors: #1) Error Number: 800401F3 / Invalid Class String / Line 132 #2) Error Number: 80004005 / Unspecified Error / Line 133 #3) Error Number: 000000A9 / Variable must be of type 'Object' / Line 134 --------------------------------------- At this point, I'm just trying to get a functional working OCR to work. If you guys can point me in the right direction as to replacing certain files or changing certain lines, I'd appreciate the help. I've noticed how quickly and thoroughly you guys answer people's questions so I'll do my best to do my part as well. I believe I've included all the needed pieces for you to help me debug this issue, but if I'm missing something, please let me know and I"ll provide it asap.