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SiteCam ActiveX Control



The SiteCam ActiveX control provides the ability to show or record video streams by means of a web cam.


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Remarks
    This ActiveX control is available in the form of scripts that can be used in combination with SiteKiosk. Use the SiteCam control to show or record video streams or single images.
    To initialize the ActiveX control use the OBJECT tag and, in particular, the classID to identify the control.
CLSID
    54632F4A-055A-44C1-B1E6-EDB62AC2AC3E
Examples
    The following example shows the functionality of the SiteCam ActiveX Control. 

    <html>
<body>
<table border="0" bgcolor="#ebebeb" width="600" cellspacing="5"
cellpadding="5" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:8pt;"
align="center">
<tr><td bgcolor="f8f8f8">
The SiteCam [Plug-In] provides using a webcam. Click "preview"
to start the streaming, "capture" to start recording the
stream, "compress" to save a recorded stream, "play" to play
the last recorded stream, "snapshot" to take and save a single
picture or "stop" to stop all actions.
</td></tr>
<tr><td style="font-family:verdana;font-size:8pt;">
<pre>
<object classid='clsid:54632F4A-055A-44C1-B1E6-EDB62AC2AC3E'
id='webcam' border='0' width='320' height='240' style='margin:5px;'>
</object>
<br>
<span id='cst' style='position:relative;top:5px;'>Status: -</span>
<span id='id_camprogress'>Progress: -</span>
<br>
<span id='id_camlastimage'>Last image: -</span>
<span id='id_camlastvideo'>Last video: -</span>
<SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript">
window.external.InitScriptInterface();
function webcam::OnStatusChange()
{
   switch (webcam.Status)
   {
      case 0 : cst.innerHTML = "Status: stopped";break;
      case 1 : cst.innerHTML = "Status: initializing";break;
      case 2 : cst.innerHTML = "Status: preview started";break;
      case 3 : cst.innerHTML = "Status: capture started";break;
      case 4 : cst.innerHTML = "Status: playback started";break;
      case 5 : cst.innerHTML = "Status: compressing";break;
   }
   if (webcam.LastVideoFile == "") camlvf = "-";
   else camlvf = webcam.LastVideoFile;
   id_camlastvideo.innerHTML = "Last video: " + camlvf;
}
function webcam::OnProgressChange(pr, prmax)
{
   id_camprogress.innerHTML = pr + " / " + prmax;
}
function webcam::OnSnapshot(filename)
{
   camlif = filename;
   id_camlastimage.innerHTML = "Last image: " + camlif;
}
function webcam::OnError(errorcode)
{
   switch (errorcode)
   {
      case 1 : alert("Error : device lost");break;
      case 2 : alert("Error : init failed");break;
   }
}
function delfiles()
{
   webcam.DeleteCreatedFiles();
   cst.innerHTML = "Status: files deleted";
}
function camaction(camactionid)
{
   if (webcam.IsSiteCamEnabled)
   {
      switch (camactionid)
      {
         case 1 : webcam.Preview();break;
         case 2 : webcam.Capture();break;
         case 3 : webcam.Snapshot();break;
         case 4 : webcam.Compress();break;
         case 5 : webcam.Stop();break;
         case 6 : webcam.PlayFile();break;
         case 7 : delfiles();break;
      }
   } else alert("SiteCam has not been configured");
}
if (webcam.IsSiteCamEnabled)
{
   window.setTimeout("camaction(1)", 1500);
}
else
{
   cst.innerHTML = "Status: SiteCam has not been configured";
}
</SCRIPT>
</pre>
</td></tr>
</table>
<br><br>
<div align="center">
<a href="javascript:camaction(1)">Preview</a>&nbsp;
<a href="javascript:camaction(2)">Capture</a>&nbsp;
<a href="javascript:camaction(4)">Compress</a>&nbsp;
<a href="javascript:camaction(6)">Play</a>&nbsp;
<a href="javascript:camaction(3)">Snapshot</a>&nbsp;
<a href="javascript:camaction(5)">Stop</a>&nbsp;
<a href="javascript:camaction(7)">Delete created files</a>
</div>
</body>
</html>

Applies to
    SiteKiosk v5.0 (and later versions).
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