Author: Sytze de Boer
Posted: 2016-12-07 at 19:29:00
Richard, I appreciate your honesty.
I don't have any idea how to Open the Camera (From within my application)
so I have even less idea how to close it graciously.
On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 1:04 PM, Richard Kaye <rkaye@invaluable.com> wrote:
> It sounds like the Camera application has the file open for exclusive
> access. I don't know enough to speak intelligently at this point other than
> to suggest you close the Camera application gracefully, as opposed to
> "killing" it.
>
> --
>
> rk
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Sytze
> de Boer
> Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2016 6:58 PM
> To: profoxtech@leafe.com
> Subject: Re: Photo capture
>
> Hi Richard
> I think you're on to it.
>
> Do you have any ideas how I can try and Close the file?
> (I have tried to Kill the Camera but it seems to make no difference to the
> file)
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 12:53 PM, Richard Kaye <rkaye@invaluable.com>
> wrote:
>
> > The source file could be open. You can try getting an FLOCK before you
> > attempt your copy. You also might want to look into using the Windows API
> > to copy the file instead of the old xBase COPY FILE command.
> >
> > --
> >
> > rk
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of
> Sytze
> > de Boer
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2016 6:43 PM
> > To: profoxtech@leafe.com
> > Subject: Photo capture
> >
> > I'm still totally lost trying to capture a photo via AVICAP32, so now
> > trying alternatives.
> >
> > Using the Windows software Camera to take a photo.
> > All is good. It places the photo into a folder
> > C:\Users\Sytze\Pictures\Camera Roll
> >
> > cdirs=FILETOSTR('picloc.txt')
> > ldirs=cdirs+"*.jpg"
> > lPics=ADIR(picfiles,ldirs)
> >
> > trcask350 =cdirs+picfiles(1,1) &&Yes, it now knows the picture
> > trcask351 =Sys(5)+Curdir()+"PICS\"+Alltrim(Str(matties.code))+"_
> > PHOTO.JPG"
> > **all is good at this stage
> >
> > COPY FILE (trcask350) TO (trcask351)
> >
> > Here's the problem
> > The file in the 2nd location is a zero byte file
> >
> > Can anyone suggest why this is so?
> >
> >
> > --
> > Kind regards,
> > Sytze de Boer
> >
> >
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