Load Img To pct Box, + Check When A Server Version Was Gotten?

Hey ya, This is probally a really easy Answer (and im sure i did this before in college, but like a yr ago etc)

But, i Download an image off the internet, and then after dat, i Write it to file, & Then After this, i want to enter it into a picture box,

How do i add it to the picture box, once i have the data in a variable,

IE: x = INet1.Open(URL)
?

i onlyknow of one way, and that's to save it first to disk then open it using loadpicture. maybe if anyone knows using dibs might be able to do it.

saving to file and opening:


x = INet1.Open(URL)
on error resume next
kill "C:\temp.bmp"
open "C:\temp.bmp" for binary as #1
put #1, , x
close #1

picture1.picture = loadpicture("C:\temp.bmp")

This is fully achievable with .NET. Follow this link to a sample class I wrote that stores the downloaded image in memory and diretly loads the image into a pic box (code is in C#).

http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?threadid=208640

VB Code:

Private Declare Function URLDownloadToFile Lib "urlmon" Alias "URLDownloadToFileA" (ByVal pCaller As Long, ByVal szURL As String, ByVal szFileName As String, ByVal dwReserved As Long, ByVal lpfnCB As Long) As Long
 
Function LoadWebPicture(ByVal MyAddress As String) As StdPicture
Dim RC As Long
    RC = URLDownloadToFile(0, MyAddress, App.Path & "\temp.rc", 0, 0)
    If RC <> 0 Then
        Exit Function
    Else
        LoadWebPicture = LoadPicture(App.Path & "\temp.rc")
    End If
End Sub

That should do it ;)

Ah, I read the question 2 quick..

Quote:

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Originally posted by BuggyProgrammer
i onlyknow of one way, and that's to save it first to disk then open it using loadpicture. maybe if anyone knows using dibs might be able to do it.

saving to file and opening:


x = INet1.Open(URL)
on error resume next
kill "C:\temp.bmp"
open "C:\temp.bmp" for binary as #1
put #1, , x
close #1

picture1.picture = loadpicture("C:\temp.bmp")

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OK, i wanna keep the image for later use:

So, how do i split the filename off of the URL?

http://MyServer.com/MyDirectory/filename.gif
http://MyServer.com/MyDirectory/filename.jpg
http://MyServer.com/MyDirectory/filename.jpeg

ETC...

And If i do,

loadimage(Pathname)

Will it produce an error if the file doesnt exsist?, so i know i have to download the image, or?

Tnx :)

OK, i have got this now,,, (At least i think), BUT,

How can i tell what Time the Server version was written (When uploaded via my App 2 the server), and what time the App version was written, So i can download a new version, as it is newly uploaded.

I Dont wanna have to have ppl downloading a same img of the thing, all the while, ETC..

Would this part be easy to "Accomplish"?