Events

RadWebCam exposes the following events, specific for the control.

SnapshotTaken

The SnapshotTaken event fires when the "Take snapshot" button is pressed or when you call the TakeSnapshot method of RadWebCam.

The purpose of the event is to notify you that a snapshot has been taken and you need to take action, like saving it to a file.

The event arguments are of type SnapshotTakenEventArgs which expose a Snapshot property (of type BitmapSource).

Subscribing to the SnapshotTaken event

• C#

public MainWindow() 
{ 
    InitializeComponent();       
    this.radWebCam.SnapshotTaken += RadWebCam_SnapshotTaken; 
} 
 
private void RadWebCam_SnapshotTaken(object sender, SnapshotTakenEventArgs e) 
{ 
    BitmapSource snapshot = e.Snapshot; 
    // here you save the source to a file, in memory, or to show it in the UI 
} 

CameraError

The CameraError event fires when one of the expected camera errors appears.

The event can be used to notify you about the corresponding error, or to replace the error message shown in the control.

The event arguments are of type CameraErrorEventArgs and they expose an Error property that contains information about the error. The Error property is of type ErrorInfo which gives you access to the message and state of the error via the Message and ErrorState properties.

Subscribing to the CameraError event and replacing the no-camera error message

• C#

public MainWindow() 
{ 
    InitializeComponent(); 
    this.radWebCam.CameraError += RadWebCam_CameraError; 
} 
 
private void RadWebCam_CameraError(object sender, CameraErrorEventArgs e) 
{ 
    if (e.Error.ErrorState == CameraErrorState.NoCamera) 
    { 
        e.Error.Message = "Cannot detect a camera device."; 
    }            
} 

Customized error message

RecordingStarted/Ended

The RecordingStarted event fires just before the camera control starts recording.

The event arguments are of type RecordingStartedEventArgs and can be used to cancel the recording start. To do this, set the Cancel property to True.

Canceling the start recording action

• C#

public MainWindow() 
{ 
    InitializeComponent(); 
    this.radWebCam.RecordingStarted += RadWebCam_RecordingStarted; 
} 
 
private void RadWebCam_RecordingStarted(object sender, RecordingStartedEventArgs e) 
{ 
    MessageBoxResult result = MessageBox.Show("The video will be recorded at " + this.webCam.RecordingFilePath + "\n\rDo you want to start recording?", "Start Video Recording", MessageBoxButton.YesNo, MessageBoxImage.Question); 
    e.Cancel = result != MessageBoxResult.Yes; 
} 

The RecordingEnded event fires when the camera control stops recording.

Read more about the video capturing in the Recording Video article.