Showing Pictures

[David Huertas]

Hello People. I´m developing a program and i just would like to show some saved pictures from the hard disk? How do I do that? Shall i transform it to a bitmap? Help.

David

[Brian Budge]

Yes, I would load the images, convert them to bitmap and display - or if you have an API which would display the images in their current format, that would be okay too.

[yosh scout]

im working on a simple program that requires me to replace bitmaps in one static control with other ones. like SEVEN to CHERRY. whats a good way to go about this? oh and they be in the resources.

[Marina Vaillant]

Ok but we have to write the API, then, haven't we?

I have a gif picture with transparent backgroung. A friend told me that bitmaps can't have transparent background.

Then when I manage to have a stisfactory bitmap, I store it in the res directory? Add the file to the project? and it will appear in the Image dropdown box of the Properties dialog box of the control????

Marina

[peterchen]

http://buerger.metropolis.de/bitbucket/controls/wndimg.html (grin)

[peterchen]

Hi,
as long as they are bitmaps, it's already in windows, and since it gets asked often, I wrote a small MFC control (http://buerger.metropolis.de/bitbucket/controls/wndimg.html (third time today - it's bitmaps again?)

For others, like GIF and JPEG, some free libraries are out there. however, I haven't found one yet I could heartily suggest...

Good luck
Peter