Viewing Tif's from Visual Basic

George Topakas

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Feb 24, 2003, 9:28:21 AM2/24/03

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I need to load tif images from a fileserver onto a client
application. How do I load the tif image into a image
control.

Grinder

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Feb 24, 2003, 2:22:12 PM2/24/03

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"George Topakas" <g...@jny.com> wrote in message
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> I need to load tif images from a fileserver onto a client
> application. How do I load the tif image into a image
> control.

You best bet is to get a 3rd party control. LeadTOOLS is an
industry standard, but will cost you $1000. Given the complex
nature of TIFs, though, this is likely a good investment.

Randy Birch

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Feb 24, 2003, 9:58:47 PM2/24/03

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On XP or 2000 SP3 with GDI+ you can use the microsoft replacement for the
Kodak controls no longer shipped with Windows. See
http://www.mvps.org/vbnet/code/imageapi/mswaidll.htm

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# I need to load tif images from a fileserver onto a client
# application. How do I load the tif image into a image
# control.

Vikram Lele

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Feb 24, 2003, 10:20:27 PM2/24/03

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If you simply looking for a solution to display and do minor
manipulation of the image, you may want to you Imaging for Windows
that comes with all windows except for some early versions of Win95
(though, I don't think you are allowed to "distribute" it).

In your VB projects, go to components list and look for "Kodak Image
Edit Control" (newer version) or "Wang Image Edit Control" (older
version). It allows you to displays, rotate annotate images in a wide
variety of formats.

Please be adviced that imaging for windows is by no means as speedy as
some of the third party controls like LeadTools, Kofax, VisionShape
etc, and if you are developing a production level imaging solution,
then it is recommended to go with any of these.

There are some free OCXes for TIFF as well, though I can't recall any
URL off hand right now.

Vikram Lele
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Randy Birch

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Feb 24, 2003, 10:43:03 PM2/24/03

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MS stopped providing Imaging for Windows with XP. Plus, I believe I've read
that Kodak is no longer giving the free control away. The MS replacement for
XP/2000 w/GDI+ is at the link I provided in the other message.

Vikram Lele

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Feb 25, 2003, 3:39:00 AM2/25/03

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Thanks Randy, I haven't been keeping very up-to-date with windows
imaging, which is really not suitable for high volume imaging
applications. Been using the other controls, that I mentioned, for
production imaging.

Vikram Lele
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