---
title: "Create form control - Camera"
slug: "create-form-control-camera"
description: "Learn how to add a Camera control to your form for capturing photos and videos on mobile devices, saving them in PNG and MP4 formats to Anywhere Mobility Studio."
tags: ["Task", "Anywhere Mobility Studio"]
updated: 2026-03-20T13:38:08Z
published: 2026-03-20T17:46:51Z
canonical: "docs.staedean.com/create-form-control-camera"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# Create form control - Camera

You can add a control of type **Camera** to a form. As a result, you can use the mobile device to take a picture or record a video. If it is **OK**, you can save it to Anywhere Mobility Studio. Both pictures and videos are saved to the Images tab on the Mobility sharing workspace. The files are saved in a fixed format:

- Pictures: PNG
- Videos: MP4

If a form with a camera control is shown on a mobile device with several cameras, you can choose which camera to use.

### Steps

1. Click **Mobility design**.
2. Click the **Forms** tab.
3. In the list, find and select the desired record.
4. Click **Edit**.
5. If you add a control, it is positioned before the selected control on the form.

On the preview, select the desired control.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note**
> 
> If the control list is shown instead of the preview, in the list, find and select the desired control.
6. On the **Properties** tab, click **Add**.
7. Click **Camera**.
8. Sub-task: Define control properties.
  1. In the **Control** field, type the camera control name.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note**
> 
> Only use letters and numbers, no spaces.
  2. By default, the camera control is shown on the form.

If you want to hide the camera control on the form, select No in the **Visible** field.
  3. By default, the next control is positioned on the same line.

If the next control must be positioned on a new line, select Yes in the **Append new line** field.
  4. You can define an image that is shown in the previews.

In the **Image** field, enter or select a value.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note**
> 
> On the **Device/localized specific** tab. for each mobile device, you can define the size of the picture as shown on the mobile device.
  5. You can use a camera control to:

In the **Capture type** field, select an option.
    - Take a picture: select 'Photo'.
    - Record a video: select 'Video'.
9. In the **Documentation** section, write the camera control documentation. For example, describe the purpose and characteristics of the camera control.
10. To show the added control on the preview, on the **Design** tab, click **Refresh**.

> [!NOTE]
> **Notes**
> 
> - To be able to use the camera on your mobile device for an Anywhere application, the HTTPS protocol is required. On the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager, you must bind an SSL certificate for the website of your Anywhere portal. To do so, add a site binding and select the SSL certificate for the binding.
> - In general, if you add a form control, it is positioned before the selected control on the form.
> - Where the control is exactly positioned on the preview, also depends on:
>   - The Append new line property of the previous control and of the added control.
>   - The preview style sheet.
> - You can use the **Up** and **Down** buttons on the **Properties** tab to move a form control to another position on the form.