Getting image from a non-image link

[GRPsuper9]

Hey guys, I was wondering how would i be able to get this image onto my VB project?

http://ichart.finance.yahoo.com/b?s=DIS

Notice that when you open that, it brings it up as an image. But I have code to put images directly from the internet onto my Image1. The thing is, it wont work for that since it doesn't have a .png or .jpg or .gif or any of those extentions.

any idea how i would put that image on my program without actually downloading it to my harddrive?

[Siddharth Rout]

I don't have vb6 in front of me so could you please confirm whether the image control supports the .png extns. I know it does support .jpg and .gif

What does

Image1.Picture = "http://ichart.finance.yahoo.com/b?s=DIS" give you assuming that it supports png?

as the link which you have given is a .png file and the name of the file is "b.png"

[jmsrickland]

I don't think the Image or the Picturebox supports .PNG


EDIT

I was able to get it onto my hard drive and I can display it by double clicking on it but I cant load it into my Picturebox control. It is downloaded as a .png. Now I know .png files are not supported

[Siddharth Rout]

NO, but here it is if you want it.

He doesn't want to download it. He wants to directly show it in his application...

any idea how i would put that image on my program without actually downloading it to my harddrive?

[GRPsuper9]

I don't have vb6 in front of me so could you please confirm whether the image control supports the .png extns. I know it does support .jpg and .gif

What does

Image1.Picture = "http://ichart.finance.yahoo.com/b?s=DIS" give you assuming that it supports png?

as the link which you have given is a .png file and the name of the file is "b.png"

Im aware its a png file. And an image control can take any image file extensions if i understood you right on that part.

but anyways

Im wondering, just incase someone doesn't know the code to get the image to the image control without downloading, if its possible someone could also supply me with the code to download that image to the harddrive and then put it from the harddrive to the image control.

[Siddharth Rout]

And an image control can take any image file extensions if i understood you right on that part.

What I meant was that since i cannot check it can you confirm by checking the control in design mode by clicking the picture property of image1 to check if png is supported in the box that opens?

[jmsrickland]

And an image control can take any image file extensions if i understood you right on that part.

No, Not .png files. They are not supported

[GRPsuper9]

oh, alright. well, you are able to save it as a jpg on the computer and it still works anyways under that extention. Any idea how i would download the image to my harddrive then?

[Siddharth Rout]

oh, alright. well, you are able to save it as a jpg on the computer and it still works anyways under that extention. Any idea how i would download the image to my harddrive then?

This will get you started...

http://www.dreamincode.net/code/snippet48.htm

[jmsrickland]

Just right click on the image and save it to your hard drive as a .bmp file then rename it to a .png file

Even so, .png files are not supported.

[jmsrickland]

How bad do you want this picture?

If you get LViewPro (it's free) it will convert any picture to any other format.

If you can't find it let me know and I will post a zip file of it

[DigiRev]

Lavolpe has created a VB6 control for displaying PNG images.

http://www.pscode.com/vb/scripts/Sho...68262&lngWId=1

You would download the image from your VB project the same as you would any other image and save it as a .png then load it into Lavolpe's control.

[GRPsuper9]

Just right click on the image and save it to your hard drive as a .bmp file then rename it to a .png file

Even so, .png files are not supported.

Im asking to download it with my program, not manually download it or use another program to download it and convert it with. Also, this does NOT need to be converted. All that needs to be done to it to be put on a Image Control is to change the extension from .png to .jpg.

And ill check out all the links you guys gave me.

[TheOldNewbie]

This is some thing I D/L'd from some webpage but can not remember where, maybe PSC. Use the API below to download the png and then use the ZIP module to put it in a Picturebox or Image Control.

'put this in the Declarations 
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
Private Declare Function GetSysColor Lib "User32" (ByVal nIndex As Long) As Long

'use this to download image to harddrive
Dim strURL as String       'url of image
Dim strLocalFile as String   ' file path to download to HDD
Dim lPic as Long,lCol as Long

lPic = URLDownloadToFile(0, strURL, strLocalFile, 0, 0)
 ' put an error trap here
 'then load the image to the PictureBox with this
lCol = Picture1.BackColor
        
 If lCol < 0 Then lCol = GetSysColor(lCol - &H80000000)
Token = InitGDIPlus
 Picture1.Picture = LoadPictureGDIPlus(strLocalFile, , , lCol)
 FreeGDIPlus Token

Let us know if it doesn't work.

[GRPsuper9]

I just used this code

Dim byteData() As Byte
Dim xFile As Integer
    byteData() = Inet1.OpenURL("http://ichart.finance.yahoo.com/b?s=DIS", icByteArray)
    xFile = FreeFile
    Open "C:\TempImage.jpg" For Binary Access Write As #xFile
        Put #xFile, , byteData()
    Close #xFile

If anyone finds out how to download it and put it directly on the picturebox or image control, please let me know. For now, ill just download it to the harddrive since its my only choice

[GRPsuper9]

This is some thing I D/L'd from some webpage but can not remember where, maybe PSC. Use the API below to download the png and then use the ZIP module to put it in a Picturebox or Image Control.

zip module? where do i get a zip module from? you got one i can have?

[TheOldNewbie]

Add a Module to your App, UnZip the file and C/P to the Module.

I also edited my post so make the changes to your code if you have copied it .

[jmsrickland]

[B]All that needs to be done to it to be put on a Image Control is to change the extension from .png to .jpg.

It won't work. The internal code defines it as a .png format so the external extension has no effect on it.

[TheOldNewbie]

zip module? where do i get a zip module from? you got one i can have?

Hey Bud, did you get it to work?

P.S. Sorry Bud, I didn't read your post well enough. The "Zip Module" that I referred to was the Zip File that I attached to my post.