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Displays the video being captured by a web camera or by the camera of a mobile device in a "Camera" control.
AndroidiPhone/iPad
Warning
Starting with version 27, this function is deprecated for Android and iOS applications. This function is kept only for Camera controls created with earlier versions and with the "Version-26-compatible mode" option enabled ("General" tab of the control description window).
Example
// Displays the video captured by the "CAM_Camera" control
ResFilm = CameraDisplay(CAM_Camera)
IF ResFilm = True THEN
// Displays a caption
CAM_Camera.Caption = "Now in the kitchen"
ELSE
Error(ErrorInfo())
END
Syntax
<Result> = CameraDisplay(<Camera control>)
<Result>: Boolean
  • True if the video captured is displayed in the Camera control,
  • False if an error occurred. To get more details on the error, use ErrorInfo.
<Camera control>: Control name
Name of the Camera control to be used.
Remarks

Use conditions

  • Windows To use this function, a "camera" must be connected to the current computer.
  • Android This function requires a device equipped with a camera. It can also be used during an execution in the Android emulator.
  • iPhone/iPad This function requires a device equipped with a camera.
Remark: This function is equivalent to VideoDisplay.

Special cases

  • At runtime, the video captured by the camera is automatically shown as soon as the window containing the Camera control is opened. In this case, the call to CameraDisplay is not required.
  • To stop recording the video, use CameraStop.
Android

Required permissions

The call to this function modifies the permissions required by the application.
Required permission: CAMERA.
This permission allows the applications to access the camera.
Component: wd290obj.dll
Minimum version required
  • Version 22
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Last update: 06/23/2022

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