by Munkee (1 Submission)
Category: Graphics
Compatability: Visual Basic 5.0
Difficulty: Intermediate
Date Added: Wed 3rd February 2021
Rating: 
(7 Votes)
I know what you're thinking, just another code to turn a BMP file into a JPG file. Well my code does do this, but its A LOT easier. All the other submissions are complicated and use several user controls/modules/class modules. This is a module with a function BMPtoJPG and THATS IT! All you need is one lone of code and your done! No other modules, or any other files are required. It uses VIC32.DLL, you can download it at https://education.uregina.ca/courosa/ecmp355/HyperST/Vic32.dll. Vote if you like.
Assumes
BMPtoJPG "c:\xxxx.bmp","c:\xxxx.jpg" thats all you need!
Side Effects
None that I know of.
VBcodersJust put this into a module and your set!
'declarations
Type imgdes
ibuff As Long
stx As Long
sty As Long
endx As Long
endy As Long
buffwidth As Long
palette As Long
colors As Long
imgtype As Long
bmh As Long
hBitmap As Long
End Type
Type BITMAPINFOHEADER
biSize As Long
biWidth As Long
biHeight As Long
biPlanes As Integer
biBitCount As Integer
biCompression As Long
biSizeImage As Long
biXPelsPerMeter As Long
biYPelsPerMeter As Long
biClrUsed As Long
biClrImportant As Long
End Type
Declare Function bmpinfo Lib "VIC32.DLL" (ByVal Fname As String, bdat As BITMAPINFOHEADER) As Long
Declare Function allocimage Lib "VIC32.DLL" (image As imgdes, ByVal wid As Long, ByVal leng As Long, ByVal BPPixel As Long) As Long
Declare Function loadbmp Lib "VIC32.DLL" (ByVal Fname As String, desimg As imgdes) As Long
Declare Sub freeimage Lib "VIC32.DLL" (image As imgdes)
Declare Function convert1bitto8bit Lib "VIC32.DLL" (srcimg As imgdes, desimg As imgdes) As Long
Declare Sub copyimgdes Lib "VIC32.DLL" (srcimg As imgdes, desimg As imgdes)
Declare Function savejpg Lib "VIC32.DLL" (ByVal Fname As String, srcimg As imgdes, ByVal quality As Long) As Long
'end declarations
'the sub
Public Sub BMPtoJPG(Thebmp As String, Thejpg As String)
Dim tmpimage As imgdes ' Image descriptors
Dim tmp2image As imgdes
Dim rcode As Long
Dim quality As Long
Dim vbitcount As Long
Dim bdat As BITMAPINFOHEADER ' Reserve space for BMP struct
Dim bmp_fname As String
Dim jpg_fname As String
bmp_fname = Thebmp
jpg_fname = Thejpg
quality = 75
' Get info on the file we're to load
rcode = bmpinfo(bmp_fname, bdat)
If (rcode <> NO_ERROR) Then
MsgBox "Cannot find file", 0, "Error encountered!"
Exit Sub
End If
vbitcount = bdat.biBitCount
If (vbitcount >= 16) Then ' 16-, 24-, or 32-bit image is loaded into 24-bit buffer
vbitcount = 24
End If
' Allocate space for an image
rcode = allocimage(tmpimage, bdat.biWidth, bdat.biHeight, vbitcount)
If (rcode <> NO_ERROR) Then
MsgBox "Not enough memory", 0, "Error encountered!"
Exit Sub
End If
' Load image
rcode = loadbmp(bmp_fname, tmpimage)
If (rcode <> NO_ERROR) Then
freeimage tmpimage ' Free image on error
MsgBox "Cannot load file", 0, "Error encountered!"
Exit Sub
End If
If (vbitcount = 1) Then ' If we loaded a 1-bit image, convert to 8-bit grayscale
' because jpeg only supports 8-bit grayscale or 24-bit color images
rcode = allocimage(tmp2image, bdat.biWidth, bdat.biHeight, 8)
If (rcode = NO_ERROR) Then
rcode = convert1bitto8bit(tmpimage, tmp2image)
freeimage tmpimage ' Replace 1-bit image with grayscale image
copyimgdes tmp2image, tmpimage
End If
End If
' Save image
rcode = savejpg(jpg_fname, tmpimage, quality)
freeimage tmpimage
End Sub
'your done!
