OCR Line Breaks in Windows Forms TextBox

1. Use AdvancedScan in 64-bit Mode

Reference the IronOCR.Extensions.AdvancedScan package for stronger OCR functionality, and run the application in 64-bit mode to avoid compatibility issues.

2. Normalize Line Breaks in the OCR Output

Replace every \n with \r\n before assigning the result to the TextBox. This gives Windows the carriage-return/line-feed pair it needs.

ocr.Language = OcrLanguage.ChineseSimplifiedBest;
using (var ocrInput = new OcrInput())
{
    ocrInput.LoadImage(txtPath.Text);
    ocrInput.Deskew();
    var result = ocr.ReadScreenShot(ocrInput);
    // Replace line feed with carriage return and line feed
    string ocrText = result.Text.Replace("\n", "\r\n");
    // Display the corrected text in a TextBox
    textBox1.Text = ocrText;
}

ocr.Language = OcrLanguage.ChineseSimplifiedBest;
using (var ocrInput = new OcrInput())
{
    ocrInput.LoadImage(txtPath.Text);
    ocrInput.Deskew();
    var result = ocr.ReadScreenShot(ocrInput);
    // Replace line feed with carriage return and line feed
    string ocrText = result.Text.Replace("\n", "\r\n");
    // Display the corrected text in a TextBox
    textBox1.Text = ocrText;
}

Imports System

ocr.Language = OcrLanguage.ChineseSimplifiedBest
Using ocrInput As New OcrInput()
    ocrInput.LoadImage(txtPath.Text)
    ocrInput.Deskew()
    Dim result = ocr.ReadScreenShot(ocrInput)
    ' Replace line feed with carriage return and line feed
    Dim ocrText As String = result.Text.Replace(vbLf, vbCrLf)
    ' Display the corrected text in a TextBox
    textBox1.Text = ocrText
End Using

result.Text.Replace("\n", "\r\n") does the conversion; the rest of the block loads the image, deskews it, and reads the screenshot.

3. Test and Verify

Run the extraction again and confirm the TextBox content matches the original layout, line breaks included.

Original image:

Before:

After: