How to Load Images into a Win32 App without changing Linker/Compiler Settings

Asked Feb 23 '22 at 13:05

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I need to display Images inside of a Win32 Frame. I can currently only load Bitmaps and Icons using the LoadImage function but i also need to open jpg and png images.

I cant use Gdi+ because I'm required to use CodeBlocks with GCC and must not change any compiler/linker settings.

Are there any other ways to do this?

asked Feb 23 '22 at 13:05

UsualSquare

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That's an odd requirement. What's the specific reason you cannot change the set of required import libraries? While you can use the Windows Imaging Component, not using import libraries is just going to make your life needlessly complicated. – IInspectable Feb 23 '22 at 13:23
Can you load `gdiplus.dll` via `LoadLibrary`? – Paul Sanders Feb 23 '22 at 13:35
@pau GDI+ is pretty much MSVC-only. It uses the WIC internally, so you can just use the WIC directly. – IInspectable Feb 23 '22 at 13:58
@IInspectable So gcc can't load Windows DLLs? How does it get anything done? – Paul Sanders Feb 23 '22 at 14:39
@pau Loading the DLL isn't the issue. The problem is the C++ wrappers that most likely will not compile with GCC. – IInspectable Feb 23 '22 at 18:49
@IInspectable Oh, OK. That would make sense. – Paul Sanders Feb 23 '22 at 18:58

How to Load Images into a Win32 App without changing Linker/Compiler Settings

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