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GDI+ while usually used in .net applications, is also available to VB5/6 using declares or a type library.

This sample application shows how to use GDI+ to save images to various compressed image formats.

If you have the gdiplus.dll installed in your \windows(winnt)\system(32) directory, then you can use this code. If not its available at:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Any 32 bit OS aside from Win95 can use the gdiplus.dll, making it an excellent FREE alternative to image controls when saving to compressed formats.

Note: GIF files are covered by the Unisys patent until June, 20 2003.

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The United States LZW patent expired on June 20th, 2003.. According to Unisys, the counterpart Canadian patent expires July 7, 2004, the counterpart patents in the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy expire June 18, 2004, and the Japanese counterpart patents expire June 20, 2004.

For more information see:

http://lpf.ai.mit.edu/Patents/Gif/Gif.html

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I have added support for Loading (in addition to Saving) PNG/TIFF/GIF/JPG/BMP etc. Also some GUI changes were made to resize to the loaded image.

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See this thread/example for saving to GIF with better quality:

http://www.xtremevbtalk.com/t92821.html

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For the most recent GDI+ Type Library, and more GDI+ samples, visit this URL:

http://www.xtremevbtalk.com/t98285.html