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Vincent Oorsprong
25-Sep-2009, 06:54 AM
Today at the Scanduc in beautiful Stockholm, Sweden, we released version 2.0 of the Graphics Library. You can register and download (http://www.dataaccess.eu/IframeText.asp?pageid=1773) from www.dataaccess.eu.

Version 2.0 contains a couple of changes based on reports here in this forum and own wishes. One of the important changes for you is that all files that ended on .h are renamed to .h.pkg. Files are organised in subfolders and therefor we highly recommend to not install on top of an existing 1.0 installation but choose a different installation folder. If you do not longer wish to use the 1.0 version you can remove the installation.

The graphics library uses a class from the conversions library that can also be downloaded (http://www.dataaccess.eu/IframeText.asp?pageid=1774) from www.dataaccess.eu. The graphics library 2.0 installer checks if the conversions library has been installed. If it is not installed the installation cannot be completed.

What has changed?
- Thumbnail support
- Embedded images support
- Animated GIF support
- ImageProperties (EXIF etc) fully retrievable
- Tooltips support (auto tooltip, self specified tooltip)
- ImageFileFormat function changed
- Documentation updated

In the ImageGallery example application you can retrieve the image properties and configure them. Many photo cameras and graphics applications add their own settings that are not common. If detected they can be given a name, moved to another group of properties etc. The configuration settings are stored in a XML file.