The ProImage Live Video Image Capture feature uses the Windows API so you can capture images direct from a Web Cam (or similar camera) without the need for a TWAIN driver.  This is a very important feature since many modern USB Web Cameras do not have TWAIN capability.

 

Note: ProImage uses Dynamic DLL loading to access the API functions so there are no black box DLLs or Clarion version specific LIB files to cause you any problems.

 

The Live Video Image Capture feature is available inside the Image Editor with the Load Image From WebCam option.

 

 

 

You can also call the feature direct from a Capture Video button control template and bypass the editor.

 

 

Either of these methods will open the Live Video Image Capture procedure window.

 

 

This procedure will automatically configure for a video capture driver (if one is installed) and start to display a live preview of what the camera is seeing.

 

There is a Pause button that will "freeze frame" the video preview (you can toggle the Resume/Pause as needed) or you can just click the Capture button at any time to capture the current frame.

 

Note: as programmers should generally never show their own faces on a Web Cam it is quite acceptable to capture a good looking photograph instead!

 

 

 

 

Then if your using the Image Editor you can use the entire image or crop out just the portion that you want to save.

 

 

 

Either way, ProImage makes it easy!

 

 

 

Adding Live Video Image Capture to your application