win32 capCreateCaptureWindow problem

[Sam Hu]

John C Wrote:

> Ivan Boritsky wrote:
> > i work on a win32 application. i try to access my web camera.
> > when i use this api funtion;
> > capCreateCaptureWindow("cam", WS_VISIBLE + WS_CHILD, 10, 10,266, 252, hWnd, 0);
> 
> That should be: WS_VISIBLE | WS_CHILD.
> 
> > 
> > i get this error:
> > Error: undefined identifier capCreateCaptureWindow
> 
> You need a header module that imports the function. Try the vfw.d module 
> at the project Jarrett pointed you to.
> 
> > 
> > my compile comman is:
> > dmd webcam.d gdi32.lib advapi32.lib
> 
> You'll also need vfw32.lib, which isn't part of the DMD distribution, 
> but will be on your system if you've downloaded the Platform SDK - in 
> which case, you'll need to run it through coffimplib 
> (ftp://ftp.digitalmars.com/coffimplib.zip).


Hi John,

I also downloaded the said win32 zip but don't know how to compile to lib or dll,doesn't need to compile? or how to compile?

Thanks.
Regards,
Sam