About the Picture Acquisition API

The Picture Acquisition application programming interface (API) is designed to allow applications to do the following:

  • Enumerate available image acquisition devices
  • Enumerate and filter image items for acquisition
  • Acquire images from a device using standard and high-performance transfer mechanisms
  • Provide standard and customizable dialog boxes for device selection, acquisition options, and image transfer progress
  • Be notified of events that may occur during image acquisition

Picture Acquisition