Stops the video preview or video recording in a Camera control.
// Stops the camera preview stream
// in the "CAM_Kitchen" control
ResStop = CameraStop(CAM_Kitchen, viStopDisplay)
Syntax
<Result> = CameraStop(<Camera control> [, <Action to stop>])
<Result>: Boolean
- True if the camera preview stream and/or the video recording in the Camera control is correctly stopped,
- False if an error occurred. To get more details on the error, use ErrorInfo.
<Camera control>: Control name
Name of the Camera control to be used.
<Action to stop>: Optional integer constant
Type of action to stop: | |
viStopAll
(Default value) | Stops the camera preview stream and the video recording. The corresponding file is generated. The specified Camera control becomes empty. |
| viStopCapture | Stops recording the video. The corresponding file is generated. |
| viStopDisplay | Stops the camera preview stream. The specified Camera control becomes empty. |
Remarks
Use conditions
To use this function, a "camera" must be connected to the current computer. - Remark: This function is equivalent to VideoStop.
Special cases
- To record the video captured by a web camera, use CameraCapture.
- To display the video captured by a web camera in a Camera control, use CameraDisplay.