JPG image in Day/Week Event Cell

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   Great toolset Oleg, sserge and company.  Really terrific product.  I've got the RibbonBar and CalendarControl in my app and it's working well.

My question is this -- my only major customization is that I'd like to displa a JPG image (from thumbnail files stored on disk already) in the calendar event.  Assume I've already rescaled the image down to say a 32x32 icon, but that it's still in JPG format.    And assume I'm only going to be displaying as many of these as the cell allows.

Now, I know how to use the Deployment Wizard and recompile the DLL to use in my app.  

I've made a few customizations already in the display of events (e.g., eliminating the location field, conditional color-coding based on my app, etc.).  

Do you have any XTP function calls that can read JPGs straight from the disk, or do I need to use my own, e.g., http://www.codeproject.com/KB/graphics/cximage.aspx ?  

I assume I need to customize the various "Draw(" functions for the event itself (I'm using the Office2007 theme)... but if I do that, I can't figure out the best-practice method for incorporating that CXImage library into the excellent existing library that you've written.  

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stevemur2 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 29 March 2008 Status: Offline Points: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote stevemur2 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: JPG image in Day/Week Event Cell Posted: 31 March 2008 at 12:41am
	Great toolset Oleg, sserge and company. Really terrific product. I've got the RibbonBar and CalendarControl in my app and it's working well. My question is this -- my only major customization is that I'd like to displa a JPG image (from thumbnail files stored on disk already) in the calendar event. Assume I've already rescaled the image down to say a 32x32 icon, but that it's still in JPG format. And assume I'm only going to be displaying as many of these as the cell allows. Now, I know how to use the Deployment Wizard and recompile the DLL to use in my app. I've made a few customizations already in the display of events (e.g., eliminating the location field, conditional color-coding based on my app, etc.). Do you have any XTP function calls that can read JPGs straight from the disk, or do I need to use my own, e.g., http://www.codeproject.com/KB/graphics/cximage.aspx ? I assume I need to customize the various "Draw(" functions for the event itself (I'm using the Office2007 theme)... but if I do that, I can't figure out the best-practice method for incorporating that CXImage library into the excellent existing library that you've written.

Oleg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 21 May 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11234	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oleg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 March 2008 at 1:06am
	Hi, Why you can't convert them to png ? jpg is not good format for icons.
	Oleg, Support Team CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

stevemur2 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 29 March 2008 Status: Offline Points: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote stevemur2 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 March 2008 at 1:09am
	That's certainly one option -- it would be a bit of a performance hit though, but possibly acceptable. If we did have a file at say "c:\test.png" (just to keep it simple), can you give us an example of the kind of code we'd need in the event draw function(s)?