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Offer dialog to user to acquire image.
Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
WIA | 6.5 | ❌ No | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No | ❌ No |
Parameter | Description | Example | Flags |
---|---|---|---|
Flags | Specifies dialog box behavior. Currently only UseCommonUI is availlable. Use this flag to use the system UI instead of the vendor-supplied UI. |
"UseCommonUI" | |
FolderPath | The native path to the folder where images are stored. Your application must have write permissions for this folder. |
"C:\Scans\" | |
FileName | The file name ot use. Extensions and/or numbers are added if needed. |
"Scan" | Optional |
Returns Cancel, OK or error.
Show image dialog:
Set Variable [$folder; Value:MBS( "Folders.UserTemporary" )]
Set Variable [$path; Value:MBS( "Path.AddPathComponent"; $folder; "FileMakerScans")]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS( "Files.CreateDirectory"; $path)]
#Scan...
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("WIA.ImageDialog"; "Default"; $path; "scan")]
Set Variable [$count; Value:MBS( "WIA.ImageCount")]
#Result can be OK or Cancel and in both cases some images may be there
If [$r ≠ "OK"]
Show Custom Dialog ["Scan Result"; $r]
End If
If [$count > 0]
Set Variable [$i; Value:0]
Go to Layout [“Images” (Images)]
Loop
Set Variable [$ImagePath; Value:MBS( "WIA.Image"; $i)]
Set Variable [$image; Value:MBS( "Container.ReadFile"; $ImagePath)]
New Record/Request
Set Field [Images::Name; MBS( "Path.LastPathComponent"; $ImagePath )]
Set Field [Images::Image; $image]
Commit Records/Requests [No dialog]
#Next
Set Variable [$i; Value:$i + 1]
Exit Loop If [$i >= $count]
End Loop
End If
Created 6th November 2016, last changed 6th November 2016
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