Monitoring the Photo Booth
The state of the photo booth can be monitored by reading the title of the full screen photo booth window. When the booth is in the ready state, the window title is in the form:
Breeze Systems Photobooth - C:\Users\photobooth\Documents\PhotoboothImages\event\ready.jpg
Hidden Status Text
Additional status information is available as hidden text in the full screen window. Example:
PhotoboothStatus: prints=1; printCounter=111, output=2, color=0, numPhotos=1, profile=, uid=OEH25911, uid2=IWOKU463 PhotoboothText: Power Zoom: not connected QR:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
prints |
Number of print copies selected |
printCounter |
Current print counter value |
output |
Output mode (print only, print + JPEG, JPEG only, none) |
color |
Colour/B&W/toned/filter setting |
numPhotos |
Number of photos to be taken in stills mode |
profile |
Pathname of most recently loaded profile |
uid / uid2 |
Values of the {uid} and {uid2} tokens |
PhotoboothText |
Text displayed during countdown |
Power Zoom |
Power zoom status |
QR |
URL of most recently scanned QR code (reset when ready screen is displayed) |