Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: Twain.Acquire

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Twain.Acquire

Acquires a picture.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	FileMaker iOS SDK
Twain	3.1	Yes	Yes	No	No	No

MBS( "Twain.Acquire" { ; Modal; ShowUI; BringWindowToFront } ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example Flags

Modal Whether to run the process modal. Default is 0 for running non modal.
Ignored in most cases. 0 Optional

ShowUI Whether to show the dialog. Pass 1 to show dialog or 0 to not show it. Default is 1. 1 Optional

BringWindowToFront For Windows only a flag.
Pass 1 to have the plugin watch for new windows and bring them to front and avoid them showing behind FileMaker’s windows.
Default 0. 1 Optional

Parameter	Description	Example	Flags
Modal	Whether to run the process modal. Default is 0 for running non modal. Ignored in most cases.	0	Optional
ShowUI	Whether to show the dialog. Pass 1 to show dialog or 0 to not show it. Default is 1.	1	Optional
BringWindowToFront	For Windows only a flag. Pass 1 to have the plugin watch for new windows and bring them to front and avoid them showing behind FileMaker’s windows. Default 0.	1	Optional

Result

Returns OK or the Twain error code.

Description

Acquires a picture.
The acquire process will go asynchronously. You can define a script with Twain.SetNotificationScript to be called when transfers are done. If you acquire without UI, you can make script pause to let the acquire work and check with Twain.GetImageCount function whether images have been received.
Even when using no UI, you can pass Modal = 1 to have the plugin transfer the image right after acquire without waiting for an event from twain driver.