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CPicture - The Yovav (Horror) PictureShow

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Routines for displaying image files (.BMP .DIB .EMF .GIF .ICO .JPG .WMF)

After many days of searching (and not finding) a way to load a JPG from a resource and show it on a dialog based application, I decided to take steps

So I created what I call a very simple and useful class, it can easily be implemented by adding it to a project, and you do not have to be a real JPEG freak and invent all header reading from the beginning (it uses the IPicture interface - same way as Internet Explorer does)

About The Project

I was little carried away with this "ACDSee alike" picture viewer, as it was not my main purpose - I did not have the time to make it "perfect", if you feel lucky and want to improve it here and there then please share it with me.

COPYFREE (F) - ALL RIGHTS FREE

class CPicture
{
public:
	void FreePictureData();
	BOOL Load(CString sFilePathName);
	BOOL Load(UINT ResourceName, LPCSTR ResourceType);
	BOOL LoadPictureData(BYTE* pBuffer, int nSize);
	BOOL SaveAsBitmap(CString sFilePathName);
	BOOL Show(CDC* pDC, CPoint LeftTop, CPoint WidthHeight, int MagnifyX,
                  int MagnifyY);
	BOOL Show(CDC* pDC, CRect DrawRect);
	BOOL ShowBitmapResource(CDC* pDC, const int BMPResource, 
                                CPoint LeftTop);
	BOOL UpdateSizeOnDC(CDC* pDC);

	CPicture();
	virtual ~CPicture();
        // Same As LPPICTURE (typedef IPicture __RPC_FAR *LPPICTURE)
	IPicture* m_IPicture; 
	// Height (In Pixels Ignor What Current Device Context Uses)
	LONG m_Height; 	     
        // Size Of The Image Object In Bytes (File OR Resource) 
        LONG m_Weight;	
        // Width (In Pixels Ignor What Current Device Context Uses)
         LONG m_Width;  
};
//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Example & Usage 4 Dummies~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
//
//  U Need 2 Add "CPicture.CPP" and "CPicture.H" Into Your Project 
// (From FileView)
//  So U Will Get Control Over The Functions In This Class,
//  Then U Can Create a Picture Object And Show It On a Device Context
//
// Create a Picture Object (An Instance Of This Class)
//  CPicture m_Picture;  

// Make Sure U Include This Where U Gonna Create The Object...
//  #include "Picture.h" 
//  Load Picture Data Into The IPicture Interface 

(.BMP .DIB .EMF .GIF .ICO .JPG .WMF)
//  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

// Load From a File - Just Load It (Show Later)
//	m_Picture.Load("Test.JPG"); 
// Load From a Resource - Just Load It (Show Later)
//	m_Picture.Load(IDR_TEST, "JPG"); 

//  (U Must Include IDR_TEST In Your Resources Under a Custom Name, 4 
//   Example - "JPG")
//  
//  When Using DC Object On a *Dialog Based* Application (CPaintDC dc(this);)
//  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
//	
// Get Picture Dimentions In Pixels
//      m_Picture.UpdateSizeOnDC(&dc); 
//	m_Picture.Show(&dc, CPoint(0,0), 
                       CPoint(m_Picture.m_Width, m_Picture.m_Height), 0,0);
//	
//      Change Original Dimentions
//      m_Picture.Show(&dc, CRect(0,0,100,100)); 

//      Show Bitmap Resource
//	m_Picture.ShowBitmapResource(&dc, IDB_TEST, CPoint(0,0)); 
//
//  OR When Using a Pointer On a "Regular" MFC Application (CDC* pDC)
//  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
//	m_Picture.UpdateSizeOnDC(pDC); // Get Picture Dimentions In Pixels
//	m_Picture.Show(pDC, CPoint(0,0),  CPoint
//                     m_Picture.m_Width,m_Picture.m_Height), 0,0);
//      Change Original Dimentions
//	m_Picture.Show(pDC, CRect(0,0,100,100)); 
//      Show Bitmap Resource
//	m_Picture.ShowBitmapResource(pDC, IDB_TEST, CPoint(0,0)); 
//  Show Picture Information
//  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
//	CString S;
//	S.Format("Size = %4d\nWidth = %4d\nHeight = %4d\nWeight = %4d\n",
//	         m_Picture.m_Weight, m_Picture.m_Width, 
//               m_Picture.m_Height,  m_Picture.m_Weight);
//	AfxMessageBox(S);
//

License

This article, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)


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Comments and Discussions

 
GeneralIPictute and HBitmap Pin
Mirikos22-Jun-04 10:25
Mirikos22-Jun-04 10:25 
GeneralRe: IPictute and HBitmap Pin
mcanti29-May-06 22:05
mcanti29-May-06 22:05 
GeneralUsing the Show Function not in OnPaint Pin
Jens Lengwenus18-May-04 1:32
Jens Lengwenus18-May-04 1:32 
GeneralRe: Using the Show Function not in OnPaint Pin
Jens Lengwenus18-May-04 1:51
Jens Lengwenus18-May-04 1:51 
GeneralThank u for your great article! Pin
eslea26-Apr-04 18:44
eslea26-Apr-04 18:44 
GeneralSample Demo Pin
Member 80334811-Jan-04 8:18
Member 80334811-Jan-04 8:18 
GeneralRe: Sample Demo Pin
Yovav11-Jan-04 20:11
Yovav11-Jan-04 20:11 
GeneralNice to See CPicture still in use Pin
Anonymous23-Dec-03 19:54
Anonymous23-Dec-03 19:54 
Generaldetaching a shown image Pin
satadru9-Dec-03 0:42
satadru9-Dec-03 0:42 
GeneralRe: detaching a shown image Pin
Yovav9-Dec-03 4:28
Yovav9-Dec-03 4:28 
QuestionHow can I save a gif as a 24 bit bitmap? Pin
annephilip3-Oct-03 7:36
annephilip3-Oct-03 7:36 
AnswerRe: How can I save a gif as a 24 bit bitmap? Pin
Yovav14-Oct-03 23:33
Yovav14-Oct-03 23:33 
GeneralActiveX control wanted Pin
Xilin26-Aug-03 22:53
Xilin26-Aug-03 22:53 
GeneralRe: ActiveX control wanted Pin
Yovav26-Aug-03 23:28
Yovav26-Aug-03 23:28 
QuestionWhen is the picture updated ? Pin
Oliver, an eager novice11-Aug-03 1:51
sussOliver, an eager novice11-Aug-03 1:51 
AnswerThe picture is updated ! Pin
Oliver, now wiser.12-Aug-03 21:50
sussOliver, now wiser.12-Aug-03 21:50 
QuestionHow do I....... Pin
Osrald29-Jul-03 20:03
Osrald29-Jul-03 20:03 
GeneralThis is what we call: CPicture Pin
Anonymous20-Jun-03 8:06
Anonymous20-Jun-03 8:06 
GeneralRe: This is what we call: CPicture Pin
Yovav20-Jun-03 12:54
Yovav20-Jun-03 12:54 
Hello man,

It's very nice 2 hear from a real Microsoft person Smile | :)

By the way, I saw your article only few days after I publish my article on CodeGuru,
(Maybe I should work 4 Microsoft 2 Smile | :)

I read your comment about the rights stuff,
Anyway, your article, my article and many other articles
that uses the IPicture interface does not violate any rights,

This is becuase all of these articles or software that are made
using the IPicture interface do not actually do the decompression,
it occurs on the IPicture interface (on the Windows software)

As U suggested - Microsoft may have the license to use it,
so basically a developer that uses the IPicture interface does
not decompress data but just triggers Windows to to it for him,


By the way, I love to hear from U if there some similar interface
to handle or render some video streams (+ what about codecs ?)

Best Regards - Yovav Gad
EMail: Yovav@SuperMain.com
Web-Site: www.SuperMain.com
GeneralRe: I am NOT Paul. Pin
Anonymous25-Jun-03 8:14
Anonymous25-Jun-03 8:14 
GeneralRe: I am NOT Paul. Pin
Yovav25-Jun-03 9:10
Yovav25-Jun-03 9:10 
Generaldisplay gif image on dialog Pin
jitwadee26-May-03 19:25
jitwadee26-May-03 19:25 
GeneralRe: display gif image on dialog Pin
Anonymous26-May-03 20:13
Anonymous26-May-03 20:13 
GeneralRe: display gif image on dialog Pin
Yovav26-May-03 20:16
Yovav26-May-03 20:16 
AnswerRe: Use in OnPaint() function.. Pin
hyungju kim10-Oct-06 20:16
hyungju kim10-Oct-06 20:16 

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