Learn how to access a camera and capture video by using a Windows Mobile 5.0 API called DirectShow.
Using a Camera with Windows Mobile 5
Published 07/21/2006
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Trick: How to Capture Video Screen Shots
Published 03/01/2004
An article describing a trick to capture video screen shots.
Capturing a Window Image Into a Bitmap File, Supporting MS PaintBrush and All -- (Like the Thumbnail View of Windows Explorer)
Published 01/08/2003
Capture a Windows image into a bitmap file that will support all PaintBrush tools and Thumbnail Views of Windows Explorer. This code helps you avoid the "white out" problem that can occur when capturing bitmaps.
Creating Windows Bitmaps to Save Desktop Images into BMP and JPG Files
Published 11/20/2002
Using Visual C++, you can save the desktop into a BMP or JPG file. You also can save a window into a BMP or JPG file.
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MFC Integration with the Windows Transactional File System (TxF)
Published 04/18/2011
The Transactional File System (TxF), which allows access to an NTFS file system to be conducted in a transacted manner through extensions to the Windows SDK API. MFC 10, has been extended to support TxF and related technologies. This support allows existing MFC applications to be easily extended to support kernel transactions.
.NET Framework: Collections and Generics
Published 06/23/2011
The original release of the .NET Framework included collections as .NET was introduced to the Microsoft programming world. The .NET Framework 2.0 introduced generics to complement the System.Collections namespace and provide a more efficient and well performing option. Read on to learn more...
Input and Output with VB.NET 2010
Published 06/08/2011
The .NET runtime has everything you need to format your output and handle special characters. Both Visual Basic 2010 Express edition and Visual Studio 2010 help you with Intellisense if you can't remember the syntax. This article explores simple console input and output and shows you how to get it done.
WCF, ASP.NET MVC, and the new ASP.NET Web API
Published 04/06/2012
If WCF and ASP.NET MVC had offspring it would be named ASP.NET Web API. Like WCF, Web API is built for Web Service development. Only instead of building on WCF data structures; Web API embraces an MVC style experience. The result makes Web Service development more accessible to ASP.NET developers and gets WCF developers closer to HTTP.
