VCDPropertyItem

A VCDPropertyItem object provides the functionality to access a video capture device property.

Usage

A VCDPropertyItem is retrieved from a VCDPropertyItems collection. It provides the property's elements (VCDPropertyElement ) like "range", "auto" etc. It also provides the property's name and identifier string.

A property item can contain one or more VCDPropertyElements. It may contains a VCDPropertyElement that provides the property's value and a second VCDPropertyElement that provides the automation switch.

Sample

The method VCDPropertyItems.FindItem is used to retrieve a VCDPropertyItem. The property to be retrieved is specified by an item identifier. To retrieve the brightness property, the identifier VCDID_Brightness is used.

[C#]
TIS.Imaging.VCDPropertyItem brightness = icImagingControl1.VCDPropertyItems.FindItem( TIS.Imaging.VCDGUIDs.VCDID_Brightness );

Information

Namespace: TIS.Imaging
Introduced in version 2.0

Properties

	Property		Description
	Elements		The Elements property is a VCDPropertyElements collection contained in the current VCDPropertyItem.
	ItemGUID		Returns a string that contains the GUID of the property item.
	ItemGUID		Returns a string that contains the GUID of the property item.
	ItemID		[Deprecated] Returns a string that contains the GUID of the property item.
	Name		Returns the display name of the property item.

Methods

	Method		Description
	Find		Finds the according VCDPropertyElement and VCDPropertyInterface
	Update		Updates the internal cache of the item to match the video capture device's current state.

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