HALCON and ActivVisionTools

ActivVisionTools is based on HALCON from MVTec Software GmbH and thus inherit the speed, robustness, accuracy, and real-time capability of HALCON. However, one may wonder what the difference between these products is. The following section helps to answer the question by comparing the two and highlighting their strengths.
			general purpose tool for machine vision					application-specific tools
			requires programming in C++, .NET, COM, or C; contains interactive programming environment HDevelop with GUI for rapid prototyping of applications and export of C, C++, C#, or Visual Basic code					interactively configurable tools with pre-defined graphical interfaces; programmable interfaces for the tools can be used in Visual Basic
			huge flexibility - providing a large number of different methods for solving problems (more than 1400 operators); can be adapted to any application, however, needs machine vision skills to do so					immediate solutions by highly specified tools; no programming, no machine vision skills required
			operating systems: Windows NT 4.0 / 2000 / XP / Vista / 7 / x64, Linux x86 / x86_64, Solaris 9					operating systems: Windows NT 4.0 / 2000 / XP / Vista / 7