Does Box Editor create box file?

[Shreeshrii]

I was under the impression that a box file generated separately was to be given to tsseract4java for viewing and editing.

But it seems that box file is being generated by the program also.

Need clarification on this point.

[Shreeshrii]

Tested again. It does not.

[pvorb]

I'm not sure whether I understand what you tested. Tesseract4java uses tesseract to create it's own in-memory box-file when opening the Box Editor. You can save a box file (to be reused by other programs) with File → Save Box File. It is then saved to the directory "tesseract-project/preprocessed" for easier use with other box editors.

[Shreeshrii]

I have not been able to run the program in a consistent manner - possibly there are conflicts because of using Jtessboxeditor as well as UB Manneheim's Tesseract-OCR binaries on the same PC.

Program has option to OPEN box file, that implies it needs a pre-existing box file. I was initially trying to open box file by selecting the relevant image file.

Currently, when I try to do that I am geeting the error that there is no box file, even though it exists in the same directory where the selected image is.

If I select All Files, and then choose a box file from the file list, there is no change - the box file does not open.

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In previous testing, I was able to open box files, however right now I am unable to do so.

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In previous testing, I may have tried save box file option, leading to box files that I found later via file explorer - that' why I thought that program was creating box file.

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Qn: You say " Tesseract4java uses tesseract to create it's own in-memory box-file when opening the Box Editor."

How does it create the in-memory box-file, which language traineddata does it use? Is this box file displayed to the user, if so, where?

[pvorb]

I'll try to make this clearer in version 0.2