GetFeatureTip

Description

Returns the tooltip (short description) for the specified camera feature.


Syntax

[VB]
Value=objActiveGige.GetFeatureTip ( Name )

[C/C++]
HRESULT GetFeatureTip(bstr Name, bstr* pType );


Data Types [VB]

Name: String
Return value: String


Parameters [C/C++]

Name [in]

String specifying the name of the feature

pType [out, retval]

Pointer to a string specifying the short description of the feature

Return Values

S_OK

Success

E_NOINTERFACE

Feature does not exist or not available

E_FAIL

Failure

Example

This VB example displays the short description of the specified feature:

MsgBox ActiveGige1.GetFeatureTip("ExposureAuto")

Remarks

Feature tooltips are retrieved from an XML file embedded in a camera per GenICam standard.