Camera

Feature Upgrade: Starting with CSPro 7.7, you should no longer use the execsystem method of taking photos, as it may soon be removed from CSPro. To replicate the behavior of the execsystem function call, use the image.takePhoto function.

Passing the camera command to execsystem opens the camera widget on mobile devices. The camera UI includes two options:

Flip camera icon: Tap to toggle between the front and rear-facing camera.
Camera icon: Tap to take the photo.

When using execsystem to launch the camera, you can include an optional text string that will appear on the mobile device's screen while the camera is active. The string will not be saved to the actual image file. Specify the text by following the image filename with a "|" and the overlay text.

Examples

execsystem("camera:" + pathconcat(Application, "photo.jpg"));

execsystem("camera:evaluation.png|Take a photo of your evaluation form.");