Accessing a Parameter

The native way for the application to interact with the MultiCam system is the API in C language. All parameters are consistently accessed by a unique set of get/set functions. According to the type of the parameter, and to the by-identifier or by-name access way, several versions of these get and set functions are available.

Parameters access functions


Parameter type	Access		Recommended function
			By-identifier parameter access	By-name parameter access
Integer	Set		McSetParamInt	McSetParamNmInt
	Get		McGetParamInt	McGetParamNmInt
64-bit integer	Set		McSetParamInt64	McSetParamNmInt64
	Get		McGetParamInt64	McGetParamNmInt64
Floating point	Set		McSetParamFloat	McSetParamNmFloat
	Get		McGetParamFloat	McGetParamNmFloat
String	Set		McSetParamStr	McSetParamNmStr
	Get		McGetParamStr	McGetParamNmStr
Instance	Set		McSetParamInst	McSetParamNmInst
	Get		McGetParamInst	McGetParamNmInst
Pointer	Set		McSetParamPtr	McSetParamNmPtr
	Get		McGetParamPtr	McGetParamNmPtr
Enumerated	Set	By-identifier enumerated access	McSetParamInt	McSetParamNmInt
		By-name enumerated access	McSetParamStr	McSetParamNmStr
	Get	By-identifier enumerated access	McGetParamInt	McGetParamNmInt
		By-name enumerated access	McGetParamStr	McGetParamNmStr