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VB6 PictureBox SavePicture – save picture as png?

How do I create a PNG file in Visual Basic 6.5 with a height of 10 and a width of 6?

What is the header file inclusion to draw an png file?

Answer 1

I’ve seen a module before that uses GDI+ to convert BMP to PNG

Here’s that module as a .bas file:

Option Explicit

Private Type GUID
    Data1 As Long
    Data2 As Integer
    Data3 As Integer
    Data4(0 To 7) As Byte
End Type
Private Type GdiplusStartupInput
    GdiplusVersion As Long
    DebugEventCallback As Long
    SuppressBackgroundThread As Long
    SuppressExternalCodecs As Long
End Type
Private Type EncoderParameter
    GUID As GUID
    NumberOfValues As Long
    type As Long
    Value As Long
End Type
Private Type EncoderParameters
    count As Long
    Parameter As EncoderParameter
End Type

Private Declare Function GdiplusStartup Lib "GDIPlus" (token As Long, inputbuf As GdiplusStartupInput, Optional ByVal outputbuf As Long = 0) As Long
Private Declare Function GdiplusShutdown Lib "GDIPlus" (ByVal token As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GdipCreateBitmapFromHBITMAP Lib "GDIPlus" (ByVal hbm As Long, ByVal hPal As Long, BITMAP As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GdipDisposeImage Lib "GDIPlus" (ByVal Image As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GdipSaveImageToFile Lib "GDIPlus" (ByVal Image As Long, ByVal FileName As Long, clsidEncoder As GUID, encoderParams As Any) As Long
Private Declare Function CLSIDFromString Lib "ole32" (ByVal Str As Long, id As GUID) As Long
Private Declare Function CopyMemory Lib "kernel32" Alias "RtlMoveMemory" (Dest As Any, Src As Any, ByVal cb As Long) As Long

Public Sub SavePic(ByVal pict As StdPicture, ByVal FileName As String, PicType As String, _
    Optional ByVal Quality As Byte = 80, _
    Optional ByVal TIFF_ColorDepth As Long = 24, _
    Optional ByVal TIFF_Compression As Long = 6)
    Screen.MousePointer = vbHourglass
    Dim tSI As GdiplusStartupInput
    Dim lRes As Long
    Dim lGDIP As Long
    Dim lBitmap As Long
    Dim aEncParams() As Byte
    On Error GoTo ErrHandle:
    tSI.GdiplusVersion = 1
    lRes = GdiplusStartup(lGDIP, tSI)
    If lRes = 0 Then
        lRes = GdipCreateBitmapFromHBITMAP(pict.Handle, 0, lBitmap)
        If lRes = 0 Then
            Dim tJpgEncoder As GUID
            Dim tParams As EncoderParameters
            Select Case PicType
            Case ".jpg"
                CLSIDFromString StrPtr("{557CF401-1A04-11D3-9A73-0000F81EF32E}"), tJpgEncoder
                tParams.count = 1
                With tParams.Parameter
                    CLSIDFromString StrPtr("{1D5BE4B5-FA4A-452D-9CDD-5DB35105E7EB}"), .GUID
                    .NumberOfValues = 1
                    .type = 4
                    .Value = VarPtr(Quality)
                End With
                ReDim aEncParams(1 To Len(tParams))
                Call CopyMemory(aEncParams(1), tParams, Len(tParams))
            Case ".png"
                CLSIDFromString StrPtr("{557CF406-1A04-11D3-9A73-0000F81EF32E}"), tJpgEncoder
                ReDim aEncParams(1 To Len(tParams))
            Case ".gif"
                CLSIDFromString StrPtr("{557CF402-1A04-11D3-9A73-0000F81EF32E}"), tJpgEncoder
                ReDim aEncParams(1 To Len(tParams))
            Case ".tiff"
                CLSIDFromString StrPtr("{557CF405-1A04-11D3-9A73-0000F81EF32E}"), tJpgEncoder
                tParams.count = 2
                ReDim aEncParams(1 To Len(tParams) + Len(tParams.Parameter))
                With tParams.Parameter
                    .NumberOfValues = 1
                    .type = 4
                    CLSIDFromString StrPtr("{E09D739D-CCD4-44EE-8EBA-3FBF8BE4FC58}"), .GUID
                    .Value = VarPtr(TIFF_Compression)
                End With
                Call CopyMemory(aEncParams(1), tParams, Len(tParams))
                With tParams.Parameter
                    .NumberOfValues = 1
                    .type = 4
                    CLSIDFromString StrPtr("{66087055-AD66-4C7C-9A18-38A2310B8337}"), .GUID
                    .Value = VarPtr(TIFF_ColorDepth)
                End With
                Call CopyMemory(aEncParams(Len(tParams) + 1), tParams.Parameter, Len(tParams.Parameter))
            Case ".bmp"
                SavePicture pict, FileName
                Screen.MousePointer = vbDefault
                Exit Sub
            End Select
            lRes = GdipSaveImageToFile(lBitmap, StrPtr(FileName), tJpgEncoder, aEncParams(1))
            GdipDisposeImage lBitmap
        End If
        GdiplusShutdown lGDIP
    End If
    Screen.MousePointer = vbDefault
    Erase aEncParams
    Exit Sub
  ErrHandle:
    Screen.MousePointer = vbDefault
    MsgBox "Error" & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "Error No. " & Err.Number & vbCrLf & " Error .Description:  " & Err.Description, vbInformation Or vbOKOnly
End Sub

how to invoke:

SavePic(ByVal pict As StdPicture, ByVal FileName As String, PicType As String, _
    Optional ByVal Quality As Byte = 80, _
    Optional ByVal TIFF_ColorDepth As Long = 24, _
    Optional ByVal TIFF_Compression As Long = 6)

StdPicture -  A picture handle, or a picture box
FileName - The file name to save
PicType - File format to save, available formats: .jpg, .png, .gif, .tiff, .bmp
Quality - Picture quality, default is 80%

example:

SavePic Picture1.Image, "C:\Test.png", ".png"