Acquiring Still Image From Streaming Video

Take the following steps to create and run a program that acquires a still image from a WIA video stream.

Start Visual Studio .NET.
Choose File->New->Project… from the menu.
In the New Project dialog box, choose either "Visual C# Projects" or "Visual Basic Projects" in the Projects Type List, and choose "Windows Application " in the Templates List.
Type the project name as "Acquiring Still Image From Streaming Video" in the Project Name field, and then choose OK. If desired, type a new location for your project or select a directory using the Browse button, and then choose OK.
In the "Solution Explorer" window, right-click on the "References" folder, and select "Add Reference…" from the context menu. In the "Add Reference" dialog box, select the ".NET" tab and browse to the "\LEAD Technologies\LEADTOOLS 17\Bin\DotNet\Win32" folder and select the following DLL:
- Leadtools.Wia.dll
Click the Select button and then press the OK button to add the above DLL to the application.

Go to the toolbox (View->Toolbox) and Drag and drop 4 button controls to the top of the form and set the following properties for them:

Text	Name
Select Video Device	btnSelectVideoDevice
Start Video Preview	btnStartVideoPreview
Acquire Image From Video	btnAcquireImageFromVideo
Stop Video Preview	btnStopVideoPreview

Switch to Form1 code view (right-click Form1 in the solution explorer then select View Code ) and add the following lines at the beginning of the file:
[Visual Basic]
```
            Imports Leadtools.Wia
            
```
[C#]
```
            using Leadtools.Wia;
            
```

Declare the following private variable:

[Visual Basic]

            Private WithEvents session As WiaSession

[C#]

            private WiaSession session;

Add an event handler to the Form1 Load event and code it as follows:

[Visual Basic]

            Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
               Try
                  session = new WiaSession
                  session.Startup(WiaVersion.Version1)
               Catch ex As Exception
                  MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
               End Try
            End Sub

[C#]

            private void Form1_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
            {
               try
               {
                  session = new WiaSession();
                  session.Startup(WiaVersion.Version1);
               }
               catch (Exception ex)
               {
                  MessageBox.Show(this, ex.Message);
               }
            }

Add an event handler to the Form1 Closing event and code it as follows:

[Visual Basic]

            Private Sub Form1_FormClosing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.FormClosingEventArgs) Handles Me.FormClosing
               Try
                  session.Shutdown()
               Catch ex As Exception
                  MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
               End Try
            End Sub

[C#]

            private void Form1_FormClosing(object sender, FormClosingEventArgs e)
            {
               try
               {
                  session.Shutdown();
               }
               catch (Exception ex)
               {
                  MessageBox.Show(this, ex.Message);
               }
            }

Add an event handler to the btnSelectVideoDevice Click event and code it as follows:

[Visual Basic]

            Private Sub btnSelectVideoDevice_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnSelectVideoDevice.Click
               Try
                  session.SelectDeviceDlg(Me, WiaDeviceType.StreamingVideo, WiaSelectSourceFlags.NoDefault)
               Catch ex As Exception
                  MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
               End Try
            End Sub

[C#]

            private void btnSelectVideoDevice_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
            {
               try
               {
                  session.SelectDeviceDlg(this, WiaDeviceType.StreamingVideo, WiaSelectSourceFlags.NoDefault);
               }
               catch (Exception ex)
               {
                  MessageBox.Show(this, ex.Message);
               }
            }

Add an event handler to the btnStartVideoPreview Click event and code it as follows:

[Visual Basic]

            Private Sub btnStartVideoPreview_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnStartVideoPreview.Click
               Try
                  session.StartVideoPreview(Me, false)
               Catch ex As Exception
                  MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
               End Try
            End Sub

[C#]

            private void btnStartVideoPreview_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
            {
               try
               {
                  session.StartVideoPreview(this, false);
               }
               catch (Exception ex)
               {
                  MessageBox.Show(this, ex.Message);
               }
            }

Add an event handler to the btnAcquireImageFromVideo Click event and code it as follows:

[Visual Basic]

            Private Sub btnAcquireImageFromVideo_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnAcquireImageFromVideo.Click
               Try
                  Dim strMsg As String
                  Dim takenPictureFileName As String = session.AcquireImageFromVideo()
                  strMsg = String.Format("Acquired still image was saved to:{0}{1}", Constants.vbLf, takenPictureFileName)
                  MessageBox.Show(strMsg, "Acquired still image path")
               Catch ex As Exception
                  MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
               End Try
            End Sub

[C#]

            private void btnAcquireImageFromVideo_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
            {
               try
               {
                  string strMsg;
                  string takenPictureFileName = session.AcquireImageFromVideo();
                  strMsg = string.Format("Acquired still image was saved to:\n{0}", takenPictureFileName);
                  MessageBox.Show(strMsg, "Acquired still image path");
               }
               catch (Exception ex)
               {
                  MessageBox.Show(this, ex.Message);
               }
            }

Add an event handler to the btnStopVideoPreview Click event and code it as follows:

[Visual Basic]

            Private Sub btnStopVideoPreview_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnStopVideoPreview.Click
               Try
                  session.EndVideoPreview()
               Catch ex As Exception
                  MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
               End Try
            End Sub

[C#]

            private void btnStopVideoPreview_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
            {
               try
               {
                  session.EndVideoPreview();
               }
               catch (Exception ex)
               {
                  MessageBox.Show(this, ex.Message);
               }
            }

Build, and Run the program to test it.

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