mattamoore@hotmail.com (Matt) wrote in message news:...
> I am currently using Pete Parente's webcam toolkit
> (www.mindofpete.org)) in order to capture a single image from a
> webcam. However, I am in need of controlling multiple webcams. I do
> not wish the take the pictures simultaneously. I am looking to turn
> one camera on, take a picture, turn it off, turn the next one on, take
> a picture, etc. I am having trouble telling LabView to move to the
> next camera.
>
> I know the IVision toolkit (www.hytekautomation.com) has this option,
> but it also has too many other options that I do not need and do not
> wish to pay for a toolkit I only need 1% of.
>
> I am confident that there is an easy solution to thi
s problem by
> manipulating Pete's *.dll. However, I am very ignorant when it comes
> to C code.
I don't know anything about this toolkit, but if you're
running on Windows, there are tons of ActiveX webcam
controls out there -- some free, some shareware. You could
drop in an ActiveX control into Labview and probably do a
lot of what you need.
HTH,
Howie
