An Image (GIF, JPEG, BMP, ICO, WMF and EMF) Viewer

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ImgViewer

Introduction

This sample is an MFC application using the document/view architecture that can load, display and print graphics files such as GIF, JPEG, BMP (bitmap), ICO (icon), WMF (metafile) and EMF (Win32-enhanced metafile). It shows

how to use the OleLoadPicturePath() function and the IPicture interface to load and display those graphics files.

(Look into the ImgViewerDoc.cpp, ImgViewerView.cpp and MainFrm.cpp files.)

how to support more than one file extension per MFC document type.

(Look into the MulExtDocTmp.cpp, MulExtDocTmp.h and ImgViewer.cpp files.)

References:

Please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q218972 How To Load and Display Graphics Files w/LOADPIC.EXE
(Note that LOADPIC.EXE does not handle palettes. As a result, it won't display a 256-color image correctly in 256-color mode. Also, it uses the OleLoadPicture() function instead of the OleLoadPicturePath() function.)

Q141921 HOWTO: How to Support Two File Extensions per MFC Document Type
Q198538 DocMgrEx.exe Assoc Multiple File Extensions w/1 Doc Type

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