VB6 Write buffer data

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I have a small task I need to try to accomplish. Circumstances here have left us with no real programmer so I need to try to find a solution.

I need to figure out how to take camera data from a frame grabber and write it to disk.

    'Acquire multiple images into the frame buffer  
   Call frmMain.DTAFGMON1.AcquireMem(0, 2, ContinuousAsync)

This seems to be where data is put into a buffer. I just need to write it to the HDD.
Since this is a continuous stream, I would need it to write to disk until the acquisition is manually stopped.

Thanks for any help.

SNT

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It seems that the DTAFGMON1 object is where the feed is displayed onscreen. So I think all I need to do is somehow take that data and write it disk. Would it be something like:

 Call frmMain.somewritefunction.AcquireMem(0, 2, ContinuousAsync)

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In case it is useful, I attached the project.

Thanks

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Hi,
How is your Project going.

If you post a zip instead of a rar You'll get more help.

I need to figure out how to take camera data from a frame grabber and write it to disk.

Yip, this is the ''DTAFGMON1'' Acquiring multiple images into the frame buffer

'Acquire multiple images into the frame buffer
Call frmMain.DTAFGMON1.AcquireMem(0, 2, ContinuousAsync)

and this is Saving image to bitmap file

'Save image to bitmap file.
        Dim FrameBuffer As DTBuffer
        Set FrameBuffer = frmMain.DTAFGMON1.GetBuffer(0)
        Call FrameBuffer.SaveImage(frmCommonDialog.CommonDialog1.FileName, Bitmap)

Hope this helps you!

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Thanks for the help.

What I need to do is somehow write the stream from the camera to disk.
I am guessing that I can use similar code to the bitmap:

        Dim FrameBuffer As DTBuffer
        Set FrameBuffer = frmMain.DTAFGMON1.GetBuffer(0)

But being that I know absolutely nothing about programming, I am not sure how to finish it.

Edit: Here it is in zip format.

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Did you run the Project?.

I am guessing but, the VB_Example came with ''DTFGCTLS.dll'' install ?.

You need moor info on the ''DTAFGMON1 object''

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Did you run the Project?.

I am guessing but, the VB_Example came with ''DTFGCTLS.dll'' install ?.

You need moor info on the ''DTAFGMON1 object''

Yes, it runs fine, but there is no "record".

This is software that came with the board from the manufacturer. I do not have the source code to the DTAFGMON1 object, which I think is what I need.

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This is software that came with the board from the manufacturer. I do not have the source code to the DTAFGMON1 object, which I think is what I need.

Is there no doc's or help?
lists of the available properties, methods, and events ?


In the,

Public Sub mnuStartContinuous_Click()

You have,

'Acquire multiple images into the frame buffer
        Call frmMain.DTAFGMON1.AcquireMem(0, 2, ContinuousAsync)

and in,

mnuSaveImageFile_Click

 'Acquire an image into the frame buffer.
frmMain.DTAFGMON1.AcquireMem(0, 1, SingleShot)

So, in the, ''Save image to bitmap file''

        'Save image to bitmap file.
        Dim FrameBuffer As DTBuffer
        Set FrameBuffer = frmMain.DTAFGMON1.GetBuffer(0)

You Set Buffer to DTAFGMON1.GetBuffer(0)
So maybe same for ContinuousAsync.
Just a guess !
Maybe the manufacturer can help with that.

But you know you have,

frmMain.DTAFGMON1.Visible
frmMain.DTAFGMON1.AcquireMem(0, 1, SingleShot)
frmMain.DTAFGMON1.GetBuffer(0)
frmMain.DTAFGMON1.AcquireMem(0, 2, ContinuousAsync)
frmMain.DTAFGMON1.CloseDevice
frmMain.DTAFGMON1.StopAcquire
'Open the Configuration property pages
DTAFGMON1.ShowPropPages(frmMain.hWnd, pfInput Or pfOutput Or pfCapture Or pfLUT)
frmMain.DTAFGMON1.OpenDevice(BoardName)
frmMain.DTAFGMON1.LoadConfigFile
NumDTBoards = frmMain.DTAFGMON1.DeviceCount
cboSelectDevice.AddItem frmMain.DTAFGMON1.GetDeviceName(i)
frmMain.DTAFGMON1.WriteDigitalOutputPattern(DigitalOutputPattern)
DigInValue = frmMain.DTAFGMON1.ReadDigitalInputPattern
frmMain.DTAFGMON1.Timeout = 
frmMain.DTAFGMON1.InputLineEventMask = HF

And a ''DTBuffer''.

So that's a good start.

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You can easily incorporate video capture capabilities into your application by using the AVICap window class. AVICap provides applications with a simple, message-based interface to access video and waveform-audio acquisition hardware and to control the process of streaming video capture to disk.

Look here!

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You can easily incorporate video capture capabilities into your application by using the AVICap window class. AVICap provides applications with a simple, message-based interface to access video and waveform-audio acquisition hardware and to control the process of streaming video capture to disk.

Look here!

Thank you. I will check that out today and let you how it goes.

-SNT