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ShowSelectDevice Method

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Displays a dialog box that enables the user to select a hardware device for image acquisition.

Syntax

  object.ShowSelectDevice( _
    [DeviceType As WiaDeviceType,] _
    [AlwaysSelectDevice As Boolean,] _
    [CancelError As Boolean]) As Device

Parameters

  • DeviceType
    Optional. WiaDeviceType value.

    • UnspecifiedDeviceType
      Default. The device type is unknown.

  • AlwaysSelectDevice
    Optional. Boolean value that indicates whether to always show the select device dialog box.

    • False
      Default. Do not show the select device dialog box.
    • True
      Show the select device dialog box.

  • CancelError
    Optional. Boolean value that indicates whether to generate an error if the user cancels the dialog box.

    • False
      Default. Do not generate an error.
    • True
      Generate an error.

Return Value

Returns the selected Device object on success, otherwise returns Nothing.

Remarks

For example code, see Take a Picture in Shared Samples.

Method Information

Minimum operating systems Windows XP SP1

See Also

CommonDialog, ShowAcquireImage, ShowAcquisitionWizard, ShowDeviceProperties, ShowSelectItems, Device, Type (Device), Connect, Type (DeviceInfo), Device (VideoPreview)