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> From: profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com

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> On Behalf Of Joe Yoder

> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 11:06 PM

> To: profoxtech@leafe.com

> Subject: Saving an image from a web cam

>

> I am in need of some code that can be embedded in or called from a VFP

> program to automatically crop and convert a .bmp file to a .jpg file.

>

> The .bmp files come from a USB web cam. I was hoping to be able to

set

> the video format to have the horizontal and vertical dimensions the

same

> but apparently that would require rewriting the camera drivers. A

.jpg

> output option from the camera driver would have been nice as well.

Since

> neither of these features appear to be available, I believe cropping

the

> image in the same operation that converts it to a .jpg will be a

> satisfactory solution.

>

> If someone has a recommendation of a package that works well with VFP,

it

> will probably save me a lot of time wading through all the options

that

> Google turns up.

>

> TIA - Joe

It's been a few years but I had pretty good success using the DOSADI

product. But looking at their website now I see that the freebie product

i.e. "Classic" does not support JPEG or GIF. You'd prolly have to pay

for that feature.

Afit's suggestion looks pretty doable though...

Thanks,

Matthew Jarvis || Business Systems Analyst

IT Department

McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center

1460 G Street, Springfield, OR 97477 || Ph: 541-744-6092 || Fax:

541-744-6145

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