How do I use built-in flashlight in winforms application

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I've created a WinForms (C#) application and I have to add support for the built-in flash. The device is a Tablet PC running x64 architecture Windows 10 Professional (common Windows 10). Is there any way to do that? My application captures video from a built-in camera - I'm using OpenCV Sharp to do that, but I can't find any possibility to use a built-in flashlight. I need just manually turn on and off the light. I've found a lot of examples but it is possible only through UWP which I can't add to WinForms in any way. Does anyone know the way to use the built-in flashlight in WinForms Application?

What I have tried:

I've tried to use UWP Class Library in WinForms project but that's impossible and to find proper method in OpenCV Sharp which I'm using to capture video but I couldn't find proper one either.

Posted 10-Feb-20 2:23am

petavius

Updated 10-Feb-20 4:29am

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MadMyche · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-10T04:29:00

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Have you gone through this article from MS?
Use UWP APIs in desktop apps | Microsoft Docs[^]

Then you should be able to add in the namespaces needed, eg Windows.Devices.Lights
Windows.Devices.Lights Namespace - Windows UWP applications | Microsoft Docs[^]

Posted 10-Feb-20 4:29am

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petavius 11-Feb-20 7:06am

Thanks a lot - I am able to add refrence to Windows.Devices.Lights now. My mistake was not to setup Default package management format to PackageReference in Default Package Management. Now it should work.

MadMyche 11-Feb-20 7:29am

Glad it worked out for you!