The "uEye" menu contains functions for image capture and camera configuration.
| Initialize | Open camera and show live image | 
| Initialize and stop | Open camera | 
| Standby | The camera changes to standby mode | 
| Close | Close camera | 
| Reset to defaults | Reset all values set in the demo program to the defaults | 
| Start live video | Live video on/off | 
| Snapshot | Snapshot from live video | 
| Sync Trigger (Rising Edge) | Starts capture in freerun synchronization mode on the specified edge of the trigger signal. The freerun synchronization mode is currently only supported by camera models UI-146x/UI-546x. | 
| Sync Trigger (Falling Edge) | |
| Single trigger | Triggered snapshot (software trigger) | 
| Continuous trigger | Continuous triggered capture on/off Trigger source hardware/software can be set in the corresponding property page | 
| Properties ... | Opens the camera properties dialog | 
| Auto contrast | Activate automatic brightness control | 
| Set new AES/AGC AOI | Define active area for automatic brightness control | 
| Clear AES/AGC AOI | Clear active area defined for automatic brightness control | 
| Auto whitebalance | Activate automatic white balance | 
| Set new AWB AOI | Define active area for automatic white balance | 
| Clear AWB AOI | Clear active area defined for automatic white balance | 
| Set a new sharpness measure AOI | Define a new sharpness measurement AOI | 
| Clear all sharpness measure AOIs | Clear all defined sharpness measurement AOIs | 
| Set new AOI | After calling "Set new AOI", you can select an area of interest with the mouse | 
| Clear AOI | Clears the area of interest (reset to full frame) | 
| User allocated image | The memory is allocated not via the SDK function is_SetAllocatedImageMem(), but by the application | 
| Sound on transfer failed | Output an acoustic signal if a transmission error occurs | 
| Error report | Errors are displayed in a dialog box | 
| Clear counters | Reset the counters (see uEye Cockpit status bar) |