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In order to create a program that uses the API, you must #include jcam_dll.h in your source code and link to the jcam_dll.lib file in your project. In Visual C++, this is accomplished by going to:

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• Link jcam_dll.lib with your project. 
• #define JCAM_STATIC_LIB
• #include jcam_dll.h
• Use the joescan namespace. 
• Call jsInitialize() before calling any other Joescan API functions. 

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If you dynamically link the API functions to your own application, you will need to distribute jcam_dll.dll with your application. jsInitialize() will be automatically called by the Windows dynamic library loader. That leaves you with five things you must do:

• Link jcam_dll.lib with your project. 
• Distribute jcam_dll.dll with your application. 
• #define JCAM_DYNAMIC_LIB
• #include jcam_dll.h
• Use the joescan namespace. 

You should put the jcam_dll.dll file in your project's Debug and Release directories so your program runs when you test it. When you distribute your application, the jcam_dll.dll file must be in the search path for the program, probably the install directory.

#define JCAM_DYNAMIC_LIB
#include "jcam_dll.h"
using namespace joescan;

All the symbolic constants used in this manual are defined in the file jcam_dll.h.

The joescan Namespace

If you're using C++, you can either use the joescan namespace as above and in the examples, or you can fully qualify its members. For example:

joescan::JCONNECTION jc = joescan::jsOpenConnection("192.168.1.105");