OCR.IsLoaded
------------

Whether newer tesseract is loaded.

| Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [OCR](component_OCR.md) | [11.3](newinversion113.md) | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |

MBS( "OCR.IsLoaded" ) ### Parameters

none

### Result

Returns 1, 0 or error.

### Description

Whether newer tesseract is loaded.  
You can load a newer version 4.0 or newer with [OCR.Load](OCRLoad.md) function.  
### Examples

Load Tesseract 4 in file OCR

 If \[ MBS ( "OCR.IsLoaded" ) = 0 \]   
 Set Variable \[ $r ; Value: MBS ( "[OCR.Load](OCRLoad.md)"; "/Users/cs/Tesseract/tesseract4/tesseract.dylib" ) \]   
 Show Custom Dialog \[ "OCR Loaded" ; $r \]   
End If  
### See also

- [OCR.Load](OCRLoad.md)

### Release notes

- **Version 11.3**
    - Added [OCR.Load](https://www.mbsplugins.eu/OCRLoad.shtml) and [OCR.IsLoaded](https://www.mbsplugins.eu/OCRIsLoaded.shtml) functions to use Tesseract 4.x for text recognition.

### Example Databases

- [OCR/OCR with DynaPDF](https://www.mbsplugins.eu/MBS-FileMaker-Plugin-Examples/OCR/OCR%20with%20DynaPDF.shtml#1ScriptAnchor_)
- [OCR/OCR](https://www.mbsplugins.eu/MBS-FileMaker-Plugin-Examples/OCR/OCR.shtml#1ScriptAnchor_)

### Blog Entries

- [Installing and Loading Tesseract OCR with MBS Plugin](https://www.mbsplugins.de/archive/2025-10-29/Installing_and_Loading_Tessera/monkeybreadsoftware_blog_filemaker)
- [New in MBS FileMaker Plugin 11.3](https://www.mbsplugins.de/archive/2021-07-27/New_in_MBS_FileMaker_Plugin_11/monkeybreadsoftware_blog_filemaker)
- [Introducing Tesseract 4 to FileMaker](https://www.mbsplugins.de/archive/2021-06-29/Introducing_Tesseract_4_to_Fil/monkeybreadsoftware_blog_filemaker)
- [MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 11.3pr4](https://www.mbsplugins.de/archive/2021-06-22/MBS_FileMaker_Plugin_version_1/monkeybreadsoftware_blog_filemaker)

This function is free to use.

Created 20th June 2021 , last changed 28th October 2025

  
[OCR.IsInitialized](OCRIsInitialized.md) - [OCR.Language](OCRLanguage.md)

[HTML Version](OCRIsLoaded.shtml)