Re: Using GDI+ from MFC C++ ???
It can do any of the types that GDI+ can do so TIFF is include. However,
there are lots of formats to TIFF (like JPEG) so some of them may not work.
You'll want to do exception catching around the use of the class.
Tom
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In that case CImage would work great for you. It can read, convert, and
save any of the GDI+ types.
I don't think that it can handle TIFF files, but that its OK. It is far
less hassle than the GDI+ stuff. It only took me about an hour to fully
implement as opposed to ten hours to halfway implement. The one thing that
was holding me up with the GDI+ stuff was that to get an HBITMAP, I had to
provide a background color. I can't see why it needs to know this.
Tom
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I use GDI+ from C++ and it works just fine if you do, as many have
suggested, include the right libs. I also use the CImage class:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bwea7by5(VS.80).aspx
that does a lot of the work for you. There are lots of interesting
articles on the web about this ATL class. I find it very easy to use.
It supports the same image types as GDI+ as you'd expect.
Tom
The main thing (and possibly the only thing) that I need from GDI+ is to
read and write PNG files.
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All of the links that I have found say they are showing you how to use
GDI+ from C++, by they actually show you how to use GDI+ from C, not
C++. For example they show you how to modify the WinMain() function.
There is no WinMain() function in my MFC code.
I want to be able to load and save PNG files and BMP files. Since
Windows now does this, I would prefer to use Windows instead of any
third party library.
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