Getting Started with C# and Visual Studio

Microsoft Visual Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) from Microsoft. It is used to develop computer programs among many other software’s.

The basic edition of Visual Studio, the Community edition, is available free of charge.

Visual Studio supports 36 different programming languages and allows the code editor and debugger to support (to varying degrees) nearly any programming language. Built-in languages include C, C++, C++/CLI, Visual Basic .NET, C#. Support for other languages such as Python is available via plug-ins.

Step 1: Get the latest Visual Studio (Community) Version

Go to https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/
Choose to download the Visual community 2019 free version, or use  the direct link: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/thank-you-downloading-visual-studio/?sku=Community&rel=16



You will be asked to save the file, please place it in a safe folder.



When done please Double click on the downloaded .exe file



Additional components may  be downloaded:



When download is finished, Click on the bottom right on the “install button”




When installation is finished, the program asks to log in, you can skip and click on “not now maybe later”



When done the program will start.

STEP 2: Open the Sample

Make sure you have installed our windows SDK (number 3 in the screenshot below of our download area)

The example programs is located in: C:\Program Files\Daheng Imaging\GalaxySDK\Samples\CSharp SDK\x64\src\GxSingleCam\

Please open the example program. You will get a warning to restart the app using a different account, you can indeed say yes.
TIP: To avoid this in the future always run the app Visual studio as administrator (right lick on the app icon or desktop icon, chose run as administrator)



Download and install further components if asked:

Step 3:  Check the Properties

Set the properties of each highlighted files (1) as “build action >> content” (2).
(Make sure you are working under your project GxSingleCam_VS2015 ‘s tree)

STEP 4: Build

In the task bar click on Build, Build solution:


Please check at the bottom of the page in the view “Output” that there are no errors. Now your program has been compiled and checked.

STEP 5: Start the Sample

Press START button. The newly compiled program is executed and you can open a camera device and acquire images.