VmbC Examples

Programming examples using the Vimba X C API "VmbC".

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Compile instructions & tool chain requirements

Requirements

• cmake (>= 3.21)
• Vimba X
• Qt 5.15.x (optional)
• Linux: gcc/g++ (>= 8.4.0)
• Windows: Microsoft Visual Studio (>= 2017)

1. Specify VmbAPI and Qt directory

Before running CMake to initialize the project, rename CMakeUserPresets.json.TEMPLATE to CMakeUserPresets.json.

Depending on your desired configuration and platform, you need to specify the path to your VmbAPI and Qt installation directory.

Open the file in an editor and adjust the following variables according to your local setup as follows:

Windows

• VmbAPI:

  In the configurePreset win64, set the value of VMB_API_PATH to your local VmbAPI installation. The path must point to the root directory of your VmbAPI installation, e.g.:

  "VMB_API_PATH": "C:/Program Files/Allied Vision/Vimba X/api/"
  

• Qt:

  If you want to build the Qt examples, you need to set the Qt path:

  In the configurePreset win64, set the value of QT_PATH to your local Qt installation, e.g.:

  "QT_PATH": "C:/Qt/5.15.2/msvc2019_64"
  

Linux

Similar to Windows, adjust VMB_API_PATH for VmbAPI and QT_PATH for Qt for your desired Linux configuration:

• linux64 (will be inherited by linux64-debug)
• arm64 (will be inherited by arm64-debug)

2. Configuration

Run CMake with your desired configuration preset to create your build system project files.

$ cmake --preset <PRESET>

e.g.: $ cmake --preset win64

All available presets can be listed with:
$ cmake --list-presets

3. Compilation

Windows

The configuration step will create a Visual Studio Solution VmbCExamples.sln in the folder specified in the configurePreset win64, the default is build-win64.

Linux

Makefiles will be created in the specified build folder, e.g. build-linux64

All platforms

Use the CMake build presets to build a default set of targets for your configuration preset.

$ cmake --build --preset <PRESET>

e.g.: $ cmake --build --preset win64

You can adjust the build preset in CMakeUserPresets.json to your needs.