Page Camera

ID 1908

Namespace: System.Device

Provides an interface for accessing the camera on the client device.

Examples

Camera.RunModal();
if Camera.HasPicture() then begin
    Camera.GetPicture(InStream);
...
end;
Clear(Camera);

Properties

Name	Value
Caption	Camera
Editable	False
LinksAllowed	False
PageType	Card
Extensible	True
InherentEntitlements	X
InherentPermissions	X

Methods

IsAvailable

Checks whether the camera on the client device is available.

procedure IsAvailable(): Boolean

Returns

Type	Description
Boolean	True if the camera is available, false otherwise.

SetAllowEdit

Indicates whether simple editing is allowed before the picture is stored.

procedure SetAllowEdit(AllowEdit: Boolean)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
AllowEdit	Boolean	True to enable simple editing, false otherwise.

SetEncodingType

Sets the returned image file's encoding. The default is .

procedure SetEncodingType(EncodingType: Enum "Image Encoding")

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
EncodingType	Enum System.Device."Image Encoding"	The encoding to use when saving the picture.

SetQuality

Sets the quality of the saved image, expressed as a number between 0 and 100, where 100 is the highest available resolution. The default is 50.

procedure SetQuality(Quality: Integer)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
Quality	Integer	The quality of the picture to be taken.

GetPicture

Gets the picture that was taken when the page was opened. An error is displayed if the function is called without opening the page first.

procedure GetPicture(var TempBlob: Codeunit "Temp Blob")

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
TempBlob	Codeunit System.Utilities."Temp Blob"	The object to put the picture BLOB in.

HasPicture

Checks if the picture is available and can be obtained with a method.

procedure HasPicture(): Boolean

Returns

Type	Description
Boolean	True if the picture is available, false otherwise.

Remarks

The picture will not be available if the page was not opened (e. g. Camera.RunModal() function was not called) or if the dialog was canceled.

GetPicture

Gets the picture that was taken when the page was opened. An error is displayed if the function is called without opening the page first.

procedure GetPicture(InStream: InStream)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
InStream	InStream	The InStream to read the picture from.

See also

• Page