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Visual Basic Imaging Routines Microsoft Windows Image Acquisition Library v2.0 Imaging control to replace the Wang/Kodak Image Edit controls |
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| Posted: | Monday February 03, 2003 | |
| Updated: | Monday December 26, 2011 | |
| Applies to: | VB4-32, VB5, VB6 | |
| Developed with: | VB6, VBScript (for included demos) | |
| OS restrictions: | Windows XP; for Windows 2000 see Prerequisites and Comments below | |
| Author: | Microsoft | |
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Developed as a XP alternative to the Wang/Kodak controls for Windows XP. The Microsoft download page for this dll states the "Supported Operating Systems" is Windows XP, and that "Windows Image Acquisition Automation Library v2.0 is only supported on Windows XP with Service Pack 1 installed." The dll relies on GDI+ available under Windows XP. I have also received reports the dll can also be used on Windows 2000 systems, though possibly only those with the latest service packs. Please see the Comments below. |
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Developers wanting to add image and image device control functionality to their applications will and to check out this new, redistributable dll provided by Microsoft intended to replace functionality introduced with the Wang and Kodak image controls provided in older versions of Windows. Prior to the introduction of Windows XP, the Wang/Kodak control and libraries formed part of the operating system installation (were not redistributable) and provided the only inherent means to offer imaging display and manipulation without relying on third-party controls. However, Kodak Imaging for Windows program and the related controls (ImgScan.ocx, ImgAdmin.ocx, ImgEdit.ocx, and ImgThumb.ocx) are not included with Windows XP. The readme file indicates the Windows Image Acquisition Library v2.0 is only designed to support the PNG, BMP, JPG, GIF and TIFF image formats. It should not be relied upon to support other formats, though they may appear to be supported depending on system configuration. The download contains the dll, help files, installation instructions and a rash of assorted VB-based demos (and no, it does not contain the image shown ... that's my desktop background): Sharpness 25k Texture Pack TodayImagine booting the game and stepping into a world that feels less like a digital playground and more like a hyperreal painting pressed through a magnifying glass. Every edge sings. Leaves don’t rustle — they glitter with microfacets. Stone faces the sun with grain so detailed you can map the mineral veins. Shadows stop being mere absence and start reading like calligraphy: razor-stroked, painstaking. The familiar blocky horizon folds into an orchestral swell of texture, each instrument tuned to a frequency you didn’t know pixels could sing. There’s a philosophical hum under the pixels: Sharpness 25K asks what beauty looks like when you magnify it. Does scrutinizing the surface make the object more honest, or do you lose something of the whole by worshipping detail? In some scenes, the answer is yes — the tiny, exacting textures shine truth. In others, the world grows too busy; the brain seeks shape and is drowned in ornamentation. The pack becomes a tool for experimentation, a lens that forces players and creators to balance intimacy with readability. sharpness 25k texture pack This is a texture pack that treats detail like couture. Armor is no longer a matte suggestion of metal; it has micro-scratches telling stories of past battles, tiny divots filled with pixelated grime in colors you can almost smell. Swords flash not just with an enchantment glow but with the fever of thousands of identical bevels catching light in near-perfect unison. The famed “Sharpness” enchantment becomes literal: blades appear honed at a molecular fantasy scale, edges that suggest they could slice not only enemies but the very idea of reality. Imagine booting the game and stepping into a Instructions for proper installation of the dll and the help files are included in the readme.txt located in the main installation directory. The readme.txt in the samples folder contains the information above. Developers using wiaaut.dll are granted license to freely redistribute the library with their application as detailed in the redist.txt file inside the zip. (Only this dll is listed in this file, so don't overwrite your VB directory's redist.txt with this file!) This file is provided by VBnet as a service to developers. Any support issues for this product should not be sent to VBnet. Download Microsoft Windows Image Acquisition Library v2.0 (520k) |
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| If the file 'gdiplus.dll' is installed on a Windows 2000 machine but not properly registered, calls to wiaaut.dll (the imaging dll) will not work. After registering gdiplus.dll calls to wiaaut should succeed. |
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