GetFeatureType

Description

Returns the type of the specified camera feature.


Syntax

[VB]
Value=objActiveGige.GetFeatureType ( Name )

[C/C++]
HRESULT GetFeatureType(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 type of the feature

Return Values

S_OK

Success

E_NOINTERFACE

Feature does not exist or not available

E_FAIL

Failure

Example

This VB example prints the type of the specified feature:

MsgBox ActiveGige1.GetFeatureType("ExposureAuto")

Remarks

Depending on the type of the feature the method returns the following string values:

Feature Type	Value
Integer	"Int"
Float	"Float"
Boolean	"Bool"
Enumerated	"Enum"
String	"String"
Command	"Command"
Feature category	"Category"
Unrecognized type	"Unknown"