Thank you for your response.

Today it works. Don't ask me why, because I don't know.

The error occurs on the call to TwainAcquireToImageID. GetStat returns 34.

Problems running on Visual FoxPro. I'm trying to run the VFP sample code, and I get this error: General failure in response to DAT_IMAGENATIVEXFER. Bad protocol error. ... followed by Transfer Fail. TWRC_FAILURE [no details available] What's going on? Can you fix it? I really would like to use GdTwa...

A webcam would be fine, but they take lousy pictures.

As far as I can tell, no digital camera these days comes with a twain driver.


Unless you have a better suggestion, I'll just try to get whichever webcam can take the least crappy photos.

Can I use WIA?

I have three digital cameras. None of them has a twain driver available.

Can you recommend a relatively low-cost camera with a twain driver that I can use with your software?

Alternatively, I could use a webcam that is capable of taking halfway decent still photos.

Thank you for your reply.

Where do I get a twain driver for a particular camera?

Is it possible to use a standard digital camera as a webcam? Possible with some cameras, but not others? How can I tell? I would like to be able to capture still images directly with GdTwain, similar to what can be done with just about any web cam, but with higher quality. What do I need to be able ...