Hello,

CameraDialog - from what i have seen and tested seems like a one picture at
a time operation. Do you know a way to keep the camera dialog open for
multiple pictures at a time before it closes and returns to the calling
form?

P.S. the camera (atleast on the windows mobile devices i test on) supports
taking multiple pictures without closing.

TIA

Priyesh

This isn't supported through the exposed API. If you want greater control
you can work with the lower level DirectShow APIs to open the camera,
provide a preview window and capture still frames. However this requires a
fair bit of work from .NETCF. We do have a beta library if you are
interested in testing it.

Peter

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"PGP" <priyesh@do_not_reply> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> CameraDialog - from what i have seen and tested seems like a one picture
> at a time operation. Do you know a way to keep the camera dialog open for
> multiple pictures at a time before it closes and returns to the calling
> form?
>
> P.S. the camera (atleast on the windows mobile devices i test on) supports
> taking multiple pictures without closing.
>
> TIA
>
> Priyesh

Hi Peter,

We have a very similar problem with attempting to take multiple pictures
under our control and have found that different PDA's behave differently when
using the CameraDialogue. We are looking to use DirectShow and would be very
interested the beta library you have mentioned.

"Peter Foot" wrote:

> This isn't supported through the exposed API. If you want greater control
> you can work with the lower level DirectShow APIs to open the camera,
> provide a preview window and capture still frames. However this requires a
> fair bit of work from .NETCF. We do have a beta library if you are
> interested in testing it.
>
> Peter
>
> --
> Peter Foot
> Microsoft Device Application Development MVP
> peterfoot.net | appamundi.com | inthehand.com
> APPA Mundi Ltd - software solutions for a mobile world
> In The Hand Ltd - .NET Components for Mobility
>
> "PGP" <priyesh@do_not_reply> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hello,
> >
> > CameraDialog - from what i have seen and tested seems like a one picture
> > at a time operation. Do you know a way to keep the camera dialog open for
> > multiple pictures at a time before it closes and returns to the calling
> > form?
> >
> > P.S. the camera (atleast on the windows mobile devices i test on) supports
> > taking multiple pictures without closing.
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Priyesh
>