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Originally Posted by qwho

Cool, I was just playing with your source lol. Very nice. Any chance you found a way to use it with VB? My c++ skills are lacking.

Thanks. That was my first Visual C++ and C# application. Some of the structures needed for the DeviceIoControl native function were not easily reproduced in VB or C# so I built the C++ DLL to wrap the native functions. If you want to use the camera flash in a VB or C# application do this:

• Right click your project
• Select Add -> Existing Item
• Browse to "MotoQCameraFlash.dll" from my source and add it
• Under the File Properties for "MotoQCameraFlash.dll" set the "Build Action" to "Content" and the "Copy to Output Directory" to "Copy Always"
• Add "Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices" to your code or References
• Setup DllImport calls to add CloseCameraHandle(), DisableFlash(), EnableFlash(), and OpenCameraHandle() from my DLL to your VB project.
• To enable the flash call OpenCameraHandle() then EnableFlash()
• To disable the flash call DisableFlash() then CloseCameraHandle()

It's easier for me to explain through code (and probably easier for you to understand) so here is a quick example VB project: http://www.charltonfamily.net/downloads/misc/For%20qwho.zip

In my Moto Q Flashlight I wrapped these functions into the CameraFlash class (CameraFlash.cs) to provide better control over when to open a handle and track the state of the flash.

A trick you might find handy for converting code from C# to VB or vice versa is to decompile the exe with Reflector (http://www.aisto.com/roeder/dotnet/) and then choose your preferred code language in the drop down. This has helped me immensly to transition from VB to C#

Originally Posted by qwho

Does the finder work? Have you tried it?

How does it manage to stay open 24/7? Is it always accessing the message intercept?

Yes it works well. The application does not run constantly. When you exit the application through MenuItem1_Click a new MessageInterceptor class is created. The MessageInterceptor.EnableApplicationLauncher() sub creates a rule (not sure where, registry probably) that launches the application if the MessageCondition specified is met.

Originally Posted by qwho

Sorry for all the questions lol.

No worries I'm happy to help.