On Sep 27, 2009, at 9:42 PM, Brian Stevens wrote:

>
> On Sep 27, 2009, at 5:28 PM, Robert Covington wrote:
>
>>
>> On Sep 27, 2009, at 7:29 PM, WinGammon@... wrote:
>>
>>> Is there a replacement for USR IMAGEFILETOPICT? Or does someone  
>>> have some code that does the same thing?
>>
>> From the caveman non-exact sciences dept...
>> ...just an un-encapsulation of the runtime code, tested to work.  
>> But gets the rect while it is at it.
>>
>>
>> However, there are a few GCC warnings from the pointerwhacking with  
>> r (rect)
>>
>> r
>> c
>>
>> local
>> dim AS HANDLE @myPict
>> dim as GraphicsImportComponent @grphImpComp
>> dim as ComponentResult crslt
>> dim as OSERR err
>> Local Fn CustomFSIMAGEFILETOPICT(fSpec as ^FSSpec, r as ^Rect)
>> '~'1
>> myPict = 0
>> long if fn GetGraphicsImporterForFile(#fSpec, grphImpComp) =  
>> _noErr // if error, then try @myFileSpec, or #myFileSpec
>> crslt = fn GraphicsImportGetBoundsRect(grphImpComp,#r)
>> crslt = FN GraphicsImportGetAsPicture(grphImpComp,myPict)
>> err   = fn CloseComponent(grphImpComp)
>> end if
>>
>> end fn = myPict
>>
>>
>> dim fs as FSSpec
>> dim fname$
>> dim pictH as handle
>> dim r as rect
>>
>> SetRect(r,0,0,400,400)
>>
>> fName$ = Files$(_FSSpecOpenPreview,"" ,"", fs)
>>
>> long if fName$
>>
>> pictH = Fn CustomFSIMAGEFILETOPICT(fs,@r)
>>
>> long if pictH
>>
>> Window 1,"Test",@r
>>
>> drawpicture(pictH,r)
>> Killpicture(pictH)
>>
>> end if
>>
>> end if
>>
>> do
>> handleEvents
>> until gFBQuit
>>
>
>
> David,
>
> If you're loading images out of your application bundle,  what RC  
> posted is good but would need to preceded by getting a spec to it.  
> That would involve :
>
> fn CFBundleGetMainBundle        	 // get a CFBundleRef
> fn CFBundleCopyResourceURL	 // get a url for the bundleRef
> fn CFURLGetFSRef				// get an FSRef for the url
> fn FSGetCatalogInfo			// get an FSSpec for the FSRef  - one of the  
> few times when a spec is needed
>
> then make the GraphicsImporter calls as shown by RC.
>
>
> Brian S

Steve Van Voorst also posted a nice demo for retrieving images ( back  
in May this year ) using CGImagexxxxx calls. They don't require FSSpecs.

Steve made this public ( and was in response to my request ) and could  
be re-posted if you can't find it.


Brian S