Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: ImageCapture.Devices

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ImageCapture.Devices

Queries list of devices.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	FileMaker iOS SDK
ImageCapture	6.4	Yes	No	No	No	No

MBS( "ImageCapture.Devices" { ; Filter } ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example Flags

Filter Available in MBS FileMaker Plugin 8.3 or newer.
You can filter devices by passing criteria here.
The filter string can contain camera, scanner, local, remote, bonjour, bluetooth or shared to only show those devices. "Camera, local" Optional

Parameter	Description	Example	Flags
Filter	Available in MBS FileMaker Plugin 8.3 or newer. You can filter devices by passing criteria here. The filter string can contain camera, scanner, local, remote, bonjour, bluetooth or shared to only show those devices.	"Camera, local"	Optional

Result

Returns UUIDs or error.

Description

Queries list of devices.
Returns a list of UUIDs for devices.
Please pass the UUIDs to the ImageCapture.DeviceInfo function to query details.

Before calling this function, make sure you called ImageCapture.Initialize once, best in your start script.

Version 10.0 or later filters duplicates away.

Examples

List devices:

Set Variable [$Devices; Value:MBS("ImageCapture.Devices")]
#loop over entries
Set Variable [$Count; Value:ValueCount($Devices)]
If [$Count > 0]
Set Variable [$Index; Value:1]
Loop
#Check Device
Set Variable [$ID; Value:GetValue($Devices; $index)]
New Record/Request
Set Field [Devices::Name; MBS("ImageCapture.DeviceInfo"; $ID; "name")]
Set Field [Devices::ID; $ID]
Set Field [Devices::Remote; Let ( [ r = MBS("ImageCapture.DeviceInfo"; $ID; "remote") ]; If(r = 1; "yes"; "no") )]
Set Field [Devices::Shared; Let ( [ r = MBS("ImageCapture.DeviceInfo"; $ID; "shared") ]; If(r = 1; "yes"; "no") )]
Set Field [Devices::transportType; MBS("ImageCapture.DeviceInfo"; $ID; "transportType")]
Set Field [Devices::serialNumberString; MBS("ImageCapture.DeviceInfo"; $ID; "serialNumberString")]
Set Field [Devices::locationDescription; MBS("ImageCapture.DeviceInfo"; $ID; "locationDescription")]
Set Field [Devices::persistentIDString; MBS("ImageCapture.DeviceInfo"; $ID; "persistentIDString")]
Set Field [Devices::icon; MBS("ImageCapture.DeviceInfo"; $ID; "icon")]
Set Field [Devices::capabilities; MBS("ImageCapture.DeviceInfo"; $ID; "capabilities")]
Commit Records/Requests [No dialog]
#next
Set Variable [$Index; Value:$index + 1]
Exit Loop If [$index > $Count]
End Loop
End If

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MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 10.0pr8

Release notes

Version 10.0
- Changed ImageCapture.Devices to filter duplicates.
Version 8.4
- Added alternateNames entry to ImageCapture.DevicesJSON to list alternate names we found.
Version 8.3
- Added ImageCapture.DevicesJSON function.

Created 11st September 2016, last changed 10th January 2020

ImageCapture.DeviceInfo - ImageCapture.DevicesJSON

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