LabView and Axis network camera

Hello,
I am using LabView 7 to display/save images from two network cameras
(AXIS PTZ 2130). I use the ActiveX controls provided by Axis.
It works, but the development is painful because the Methods and
ActiveX controls are not well documented by Axis.
Does anyone have some experience in it ?
I am currently using the IAxisCameraControl class to control the camera motion,
but I am also interested in managing the events
("OnNewImage"...) provided by the CamImageEvents class.
Thanks!

IAxisCameraControl Class?
I found just IAxisMediaControl class...
How can i have CameraControlClass? or is it the same?
Kolos

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There was a question 3 years ago, which remained unanswered: How do I
grab an image(JPEG) from the Web(http://) using the datasocket in
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