I decided I was bored.
I took a sample project called DXSnap and another one called Image Thumbnail Viewer C# and combined them into 1.
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This allows the Still Pin to work. I will try to explain more about the Still Pin. The top window is a live viewing of the cameras capture pin. The bottom picturebox is the Still Pin. The Still Pin only gets 1 frame at a time, hence the name Still Pin. When you hit the capture button on the camera, the camera outputs 1 frame to the Still Pin. Some cameras like the MD-740 or ImageMaster camera are designed to work this way. Image Master actually does both. They support a Still Pin OR you can use the capture button software with the Capture Pin.
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I will say after learning this much about a Still Pin... that I actually prefer the Capture Pin setup over a still pin. And the main reason is about the delay. When someone hits the button on a camera, you want the snapshot to be taken a couple of seconds later. (1500ms). Which is what my capture button program does.
Anyways... I designed the Open Dental interface to allow for ALL setups. Not sure what I am going to do about it. I am trying to make an Open Dental plugin but I don't think I will have that much success.. Running into a problem. But.. well see.
If anyone would like to play with this add on to Open Dental, let me know. You will need to be on 16.2 beta to play.
The graphs!
Capture Pin:
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Still Pin:
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I took a sample project called DXSnap and another one called Image Thumbnail Viewer C# and combined them into 1.
This allows the Still Pin to work. I will try to explain more about the Still Pin. The top window is a live viewing of the cameras capture pin. The bottom picturebox is the Still Pin. The Still Pin only gets 1 frame at a time, hence the name Still Pin. When you hit the capture button on the camera, the camera outputs 1 frame to the Still Pin. Some cameras like the MD-740 or ImageMaster camera are designed to work this way. Image Master actually does both. They support a Still Pin OR you can use the capture button software with the Capture Pin.
I will say after learning this much about a Still Pin... that I actually prefer the Capture Pin setup over a still pin. And the main reason is about the delay. When someone hits the button on a camera, you want the snapshot to be taken a couple of seconds later. (1500ms). Which is what my capture button program does.
Anyways... I designed the Open Dental interface to allow for ALL setups. Not sure what I am going to do about it. I am trying to make an Open Dental plugin but I don't think I will have that much success.. Running into a problem. But.. well see.
If anyone would like to play with this add on to Open Dental, let me know. You will need to be on 16.2 beta to play.
The graphs!
Capture Pin:
Still Pin:
