Hi Mark,
If I had to put together a wish-list, this is what I would go for
1) RichEdit controls
2) Resizable dialogs natively
3) JPG support
It would be interesting to hear from others.
thanks,
Jon
On 14 March 2012 14:32, Mark Miesfeld <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 3:43 AM, Sahananda (Jon) Wolfers <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> I just wondered if (without any intention of hassling) I could ask about
>> whether the image object is/will be able to handle jpg files and if this is
>> in the future, any sense of how far away.
>>
>>
>
>
> Jon,
>
> At this point, the Image object can not handle jpg files. I have plans to
> incorporate GDI+ into ooDialog, and in fact already have the code that
> initializes GDI+ properly in the code base. Commented out for now.
>
> Here is a little test program output:
>
> C:\work.ooRexx\feature.requests\GDI.plus>showDecoders
> image/bmp
> image/jpeg
> image/gif
> image/x-emf
> image/x-wmf
> image/tiff
> image/png
> image/x-icon
> C:\work.ooRexx\feature.requests\GDI.plus>
>
> So those are the image types that could possibly be supported.
>
> As for time frame, I currently have all the ooDialog doc done, for
> the major ooDialog release, except for 2 chapters. I think I'll get that
> done mid-May, start a regular beta then, and hopefully have the official
> release out by the beginning of June, mid-June.
>
> If that goes as outlined, I would then start coding new features around
> June 1. Which features, could be guided by user input, although it is
> difficult to get user input. If you are requesting jpg support and no one
> else is speaking up, then incorporating GDI+ might be the first thing I
> start.
>
> These are the major areas for possible enhancements that I'm interested
> in. If I get some feedback as to which areas people would like to see
> next, then I would probably start with that:
>
> * Add missing dialog controls
> Tool tips
> Status bars
> Rich Edit
> Tool bars, etc..
>
> * Update existing controls to Windows 7 levels
> List views (obvious place to start)
> Tree views
> etc..
>
> * Enhance / extend Image support
> add GDI+, etc..
>
> * Implement resizable dialogs in native code
>
> --
> Mark Miesfeld
>
>
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