How to Make a WebCam Picture Tool

How to Make a WebCam Picture Tool.



Public Class Form1
Const WM_CAP As Short = &H400S
Const WM_CAP_DRIVER_CONNECT As Integer = WM_CAP + 10
Const WM_CAP_DRIVER_DISCONNECT As Integer = WM_CAP + 11
Const WM_CAP_EDIT_COPY As Integer = WM_CAP + 30
Const WM_CAP_SET_PREVIEW As Integer = WM_CAP + 50
Const WM_CAP_SET_PREVIEWRATE As Integer = WM_CAP + 52
Const WM_CAP_SET_SCALE As Integer = WM_CAP + 53
Const WS_CHILD As Integer = &H40000000
Const WS_VISIBLE As Integer = &H10000000
Const SWP_NOMOVE As Short = &H2S
Const SWP_NOSIZE As Short = 1
Const SWP_NOZORDER As Short = &H4S
Const HWND_BOTTOM As Short = 1
Dim iDevice As Integer = 0
Dim hHwnd As Integer
Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal hwnd As Integer, ByVal wMsg As Integer, ByVal wParam As Integer, ByVal lParam As Object) As Integer
Declare Function SetWindowPos Lib "user32" Alias "SetWindowPos" (ByVal hwnd As Integer, ByVal hWndInsertAfter As Integer, ByVal x As Integer, ByVal y As Integer, ByVal cx As Integer, ByVal cy As Integer, ByVal wFlags As Integer) As Integer
Declare Function DestroyWindow Lib "user32" (ByVal hndw As Integer) As Boolean
Declare Function capCreateCaptureWindowA Lib "avicap32.dll" (ByVal lpszWindowName As String, ByVal dwStyle As Integer, ByVal x As Integer, ByVal y As Integer, ByVal nWidth As Integer, ByVal nHeight As Short, ByVal hWndParent As Integer, ByVal nID As Integer) As Integer
Declare Function capGetDriverDescriptionA Lib "avicap32.dll" (ByVal wDriver As Short, ByVal lpszName As String, ByVal cbName As Integer, ByVal lpszVer As String, ByVal cbVer As Integer) As Boolean

Private Sub LoadDeviceList()
Dim strName As String = Space(100)
Dim strVer As String = Space(100)
Dim bReturn As Boolean
Dim x As Integer = 0
Do
bReturn = capGetDriverDescriptionA(x, strName, 100, strVer, 100)
If bReturn Then lstDevices.Items.Add(strName.Trim)
x += 1
Loop Until bReturn = False
End Sub

Private Sub OpenPreviewWindow()
Dim iHeight As Integer = picCapture.Height
Dim iWidth As Integer = picCapture.Width
hHwnd = capCreateCaptureWindowA(iDevice, WS_VISIBLE Or WS_CHILD, 0, 0, 640, 480, picCapture.Handle.ToInt32, 0)
If SendMessage(hHwnd, WM_CAP_DRIVER_CONNECT, iDevice, 0) Then
SendMessage(hHwnd, WM_CAP_SET_SCALE, True, 0)
SendMessage(hHwnd, WM_CAP_SET_PREVIEWRATE, 66, 0)
SendMessage(hHwnd, WM_CAP_SET_PREVIEW, True, 0)
SetWindowPos(hHwnd, HWND_BOTTOM, 0, 0, picCapture.Width, picCapture.Height, SWP_NOMOVE Or SWP_NOZORDER)
btnSave.Enabled = True
btnStop.Enabled = True
btnStart.Enabled = False
Else
DestroyWindow(hHwnd)
btnSave.Enabled = False
End If
End Sub

Private Sub btnSave_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnSave.Click
Dim data As IDataObject
Dim bmap As Image
SendMessage(hHwnd, WM_CAP_EDIT_COPY, 0, 0)
data = Clipboard.GetDataObject()
If data.GetDataPresent(GetType(System.Drawing.Bitmap) ) Then
bmap = CType(data.GetData(GetType(System.Drawing.Bitmap)) , Image)
picCapture.Image = bmap
ClosePreviewWindow()
btnSave.Enabled = False
btnStop.Enabled = False
btnStart.Enabled = True
If sfdImage.ShowDialog = DialogResult.OK Then
bmap.Save(sfdImage.FileName, Imaging.ImageFormat.Bmp)
End If
End If
End Sub

Private Sub ClosePreviewWindow()
SendMessage(hHwnd, WM_CAP_DRIVER_DISCONNECT, iDevice, 0)
DestroyWindow(hHwnd)
End Sub

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
LoadDeviceList()
End Sub

Private Sub btnStart_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnStart.Click
OpenPreviewWindow()
btnStart.Enabled = False
btnStop.Enabled = True
End Sub

Private Sub btnStop_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnStop.Click
ClosePreviewWindow()
btnStart.Enabled = True
btnStop.Enabled = False
End Sub
End Class


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