2022.2

Annotations
Annotationscanmakeapicturemuchmoreinformative:anarrow,showinginwhichdirectionacarwas
driving;acircle,wherethecarhasbeendamaged...Toallowtheusertomakeannotations,right-click
theCameraelementafteraddingittotheform,selectCamera properties,andthencheckAllow
annotations.
Clicking(orrather,touching)theimagewillbringuptheannotationdialog.Annotationscanbemadein
aMarker(semi-transparent)orPencil(solid)style,indifferentcolorsandwithdifferentwidths.
AnnotationsaresubmittedinSVGformatbyahiddeninputaddedtotheCameraelement.Thenameof
thatinputistheIDoftheCameraelement,followedby"-note-data",forexamplecamera1-note-data.
Cropping/editing/deskewing
Toallowtheusertocrop,editanddeskewtheimageaftertakingorselectingit,selectCamera prop-
erties,andthencheckEdit Imageand/orAllow Deskew.Whicheditingoptionstheuseractuallygets
andhowtheyarepresentedtotheuserdependsontheoperatingsystemofthedevice.OnanAndroid
deviceforexample,theusermaybeableonlytocroptheimage,whiletheuserofaniOSdevicemay
selectpartoftheimageandrotatethatselection.
Image format
Youcansettheformat,qualityandscalingforimagesthataresubmittedbytheCameraelement.
Right-clicktheCameraelementafteraddingittotheform,selectCamera propertiesandeditthe
Imageproperties:
l
Format:TheimageformatcanbePNGorJPG.
l
Quality:Setthecompressioninapercentage.
l
Scale Image:Checkthisoptiontoenableimagescaling.Thensetthemaximumwidthandheight
ofimagesbeforetheyaresenttotheserver.Notethatonlythesmallestoftheseisappliedand
thesizeratioisalwaysmaintained.
Time stamp
Atimestampcanbeaddedtoeachpicturetaken.Right-clicktheCameraelementafteraddingittothe
form,selectCamera properties,andthencheckAdd Time Stamp.
Thetimestampwillbeaddedtothebottomleftofthepicture,withmediumfontsize,andlongdate
format(forexample:6/15/20091:45PM).ThesesettingscanonlybechangedviatheSourcetaborin
code;see"Changingdefaultsettingsforwidgets"onpage547andtheCaptureOnTheGoAPI:"Cam-
era"onpage558.
Note: TheTimestampfeaturedoesn'tworkinversionsoftheapppriorto10.6.
Page 635