GdPicture Imaging

[JimS]

I have been using gdimage box in several programs without problems. I recently updated vb6 with the vb6 cumulative update. Now some of my Images are upside down and some are O.K. I have isolated the problem to the imagebox control ( I ran it side by side with 2 other different image controls and they work O.K.). I am running XP sp3. Imagebox is one of my most used controls. Hope this can be easily fixed. Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks JimS

[Tom Moran]

Hi Jim:

I had the same problem with the last update... and what I quickly found is that the problem was a mix and match problem. I have the optional dll's (gdimgplug.dll, gdpdfplug.dll, etc) stored in application directories. When the main ocx got updated, the old dll's were still stored in various application directories. Once I copied the most current dll's to those directories everything works fine with those programs.

Tom

[JimS]

Tom
Thanks for the info it was very helpful----Think I'll wait for an update though.
Jim

[Tom Moran]

What I'm telling you, Jim, is that you already have the update.

If you have an outdated dll in your application directory, another update is not going to change that. When installing an update it will install the update files to your Windows system directory and again to the directory where you store GdPicture. It creates a folder named Redist and stores the dll's there. It doesn't know anything about your application directories. If you have put a copy of the redistributable files in an application directory you have to manually update the dll's. Look at the files in your application directory where you are running your program. If the dll's are not updated, that is the source of your problem. You are using an old dll with the new .ocx.

Tom

[JimS]

I'm sorry I thought you said you had problems with the update also. Updates are supposed to fix problems not create them. I have updated this control several times since I purchased it. This is the first issue I have had with it. Yes I know about the dlls
the update puts the dlls in their proper place (most of the time). The new dlls are backward compatible and shouldn't be a problem if handled right. My problem begins at design time. I access photos from a folder containing several hundred images. As stated before some are upside down and some are right side up when using the latest update. I can get around this by using a previous gdimagebox.ocx along with the latest dlls.This corrects the problem (dosen't that tell you something}.

I am not a control designer, but I have a feeling the control is misreading information contained in each photo. The reason I say this is I have tried different combinations of controls and dlls and the rotated photos will vary from one control to another.
JIM

[Loïc]

Hi,

Jim I think you don't understand the problem.
You have correctly upgraded the OCX but not the gdimgplug.dll.
So you are using an old gdimgplug.dll lib with latest gdimagebox.ocx. This is the reason of your issue.

To go fast you can search your system for gdimgplug.dll file and check the version with the lib included in the GdPciture redist folder.

Loïc

[JimS]

Thanks all, I think the biggest problem is that we all don't understand what the other one was thinking when he thought the other one misunderstood what the other one didn't understand.

so I am going to try to be as brief as possible.
correct me if I'm rong.
The update contains a folder named REDIST which contains all of the latest DLLs along withe latest gdimagebox control.

the gdimgplug.dll is contained in the redist folder in the optional folder and must be copied and pasted from that folder if it is to be used.

gdimagebox.ocx ver. 2.9.0.14 Aug 2 2010
gdimgplug.dll ver. 2.9.0.14 Aug 2 2010
gdiplus.dll ver. 5.2.7600.16385 JUly 14 2009
msvbvm60.dll ver. 6.0.98.15 July 14 2009

all of the above should be contained in the windows system 32 folder.
all of the above should be contained in the application redist folder.
all of the above should be contained in the program files gdimagebox activex folder.

Summary:
the problem I am having is with a program that has images contained in a folder that contains several hundred mixed photos (from various sources). This program is in the building stage. I have an older version of this program which I deployed (runs great).

I have another program I am building (with this newest update) that contains several different photos from newer sources and so far so good no problems. (when I pull in an image from the problem folder it will be upside down).

BOTH PROGRAMS RAN GOOD WITH THE PREVIOUS UPDATE. WHAT ELSE CAN I SAY-----Could this UPDATE be QUIRKY ----- I AM ONLY TRYING TO HELP ------ SOME ONE ELSE MAY RUN INTO THIS HIDDEN PROBLEM DOWN THE ROAD.
SEE ANYTHING PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

THANKS ALL
JIM

[Tom Moran]

Hi Jim:

This isn't a hidden problem or a bug. Even if you have the current dll's and ocx in all the places you mentioned, if you have an outdated dll in a folder with your application it will use the old dll. The only solution at this point is find every copy of the dll on your system and check for date and version number.

What Loic and I are saying is that somewhere on your system you have an older version of the dll. Do a search for the dll across your entire computer and I can (almost) guarantee you, that you'll find an outdated dll. Update with the new version and you'll be good to go.

I can replicate the problem you are having and the reason for it is you are mixing versions of the ocx and dll... somewhere on your computer. Sometimes that doesn't matter. This time, however, it does. If you want to save older versions then copy them to a flash drive or CD, but get them off your system.

Tom

[JimS]

FYI
I just updated gdimagebox with the latest release 2.9.16 Sept 21 2010. Everything is back to normal now. works great.
Now if you would include an Aerial view feature or show me how to code it I would be more than pleased.
thanks Jim