This LightSwitch extension allows you, a Visual Studio LightSwitch developer, to easily capture images from a webcam or a scanner, save them to the underlying data source, and display them to your application's users. This extension is great for membership databases, inventory databases, and pretty much any other database that you need to take photos or scans, on-the-spot for.
With LightSwitch's built-in controls, your users have to take a photo or scan, save it to the desktop, open your app, click the browse button, find the photo, and then finally -- save that photo to the database! How ridiculous! With the LightSwitch Image Controls extension, your users will simply open your application, capture a new photo or scan, and save -- all without leaving your application.
All of the controls in this extension require absolutely no code. Simply change the control type of your field to either the Scanner or Camera, and you're done!
Features of the camera control include:
- Support for multiple devices
- Adjustable webcam capture resolutions (depends on the resolutions available on the webcam device itself)
- Pop-up view finder that allows the user to click or press the space-bar to snap a picture
- Adjustable view-finder window size
- JPEG or PNG encoding so you decide how the images get encoded and saved to the database
- Adjustable sizing and stretching on your screen
- Full support for built-in LightSwitch validation scenarios
- Read-only mode for use in data grids
- Enable or disable the file and clear buttons
Features of the scanner control include:
- Support for WIA-compatible scanner devices
- JPEG or PNG encoding so you decide how the scans get encoded and saved to the database
- Adjustable sizing and stretching on your screen
- Full support for built-in LightSwitch validation scenarios
- Read-only mode for use in data grids
- Enable or disable the file and clear buttons
Please note: Due to a limitation in Silverlight (the technology LightSwitch is built with), the Scanner control will only work in projects that have "Application Type" set to "Desktop." Also, you will only be able to scan documents when your application is running on a Microsoft Windows platform. The Scanner control is not compatible with other operating systems. The webcam control, however, will work on all platforms.
Each purchase grants you rights for a single developer license. Please use the "Contact Us" link for inquiries about bulk pricing (5 or more developers). If you would like to try this extension before you buy it, you may download a free, limited trial from the Visual Studio Gallery.