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AVRecorder.AddPreviewWithControl
Adds a preview area to the window using placeholder control.
| Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
| AVRecorder | 10.3 | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No | ✅ Yes |
MBS( "AVRecorder.AddPreviewWithControl"; AVSession; WindowRef; ControlName ) More
Parameters
| Parameter | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| AVSession | The ID for the AVRecorder session as returned by AVRecorder.Init. | $AVSession |
| WindowRef | Window Reference is the unique OS level window ID. You can obtain this by using the Window.FindByTitle or Window.FindByIndex functions. Pass zero to access the frontmost window. | 0 |
| ControlName | The name of the control on your FileMaker form. e.g. you can place a rectangle there to define the position. |
"mymedia" |
Result
Returns OK or error.
Description
Adds a preview area to the window using placeholder control.Examples
Add preview to our layout:
# go to the right layout
Go to Layout [ “Webcam” (LiveStream) ; Animation: None ]
New Record/Request
# pause to actually show the new layout
Pause/Resume Script [ Duration (seconds): ,3 ]
# place preview on the control
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "AVRecorder.AddPreviewWithControl"; $$SessionID; 0; "Preview" ) ]
# Start video stream
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "AVRecorder.StartPreview"; $$sessionID ) ]
See also
Release notes
- Version 14.4
- Fixed a problem with AVRecorder.AddPreviewWithControl positioning the layer for FileMaker 21.
- Version 13.5
- Fixed a problem with AVRecorder.AddPreviewWithControl and AVRecorder.StartRecording functions when they returned OK instead of the error.
- Fixed a problem with AVRecorder.AddPreviewWithControl picking wrong window if layout and window had same name.
- Version 11.2
- Fixed problem on Windows with AVRecorder.AddPreviewWithControl and AVRecorder.AddPreviewToWindow not using the FileMaker window, but a separate one.
- Version 10.5
- Fixed crash with AVRecorder.StartPreview, AVRecorder.AddPreviewWithControl and AVRecorder.AddPreviewToWindow if you call those twice.
- Version 10.3
- Added AVRecorder.AddPreviewWithControl function.
- Added rotation parameter for AVRecorder.AddPreviewWithControl function.
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Created 9th June 2020, last changed 24th February 2022
