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Twain.Acquire

Acquires a picture.

Component Version macOS Windows Linux Server iOS SDK
Twain 3.1 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ❌ No
MBS( "Twain.Acquire" { ; Modal; ShowUI; BringWindowToFront } )   More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example Flags
Modal Whether to run the process modal. Default is 0 for running non modal.
Ignored in most cases.		 0 Optional
ShowUI Whether to show the dialog. Pass 1 to show dialog or 0 to not show it. Default is 1. 1 Optional
BringWindowToFront For Windows only a flag.
Pass 1 to have the plugin watch for new windows and bring them to front and avoid them showing behind FileMaker’s windows.
Default 0.		 1 Optional

Result

Returns OK or the Twain error code.

Description

Acquires a picture.
The acquire process will go asynchronously. You can define a script with Twain.SetNotificationScript to be called when transfers are done. If you acquire without UI, you can make script pause to let the acquire work and check with Twain.GetImageCount function whether images have been received.
Even when using no UI, you can pass Modal = 1 to have the plugin transfer the image right after acquire without waiting for an event from twain driver.

Examples

Acquire with UI, window to front and modal:

MBS( "Twain.Acquire"; 1; 1; 1)

See also

Release notes

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Created 18th August 2014, last changed 9th May 2017


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