VB6 ImageCaching and -Animation (using a single Resource-File for storage)

Just a Demo which applies the cGDIPlusCache-Class (as intended, as a Drop-In-Module).

The original CodeBank-entry for cGDIPlusCache is here: https://www.vbforums.com/showthread....-cls-revisited

cGDIPlusCache (as included in this Demo) was enhanced about two new Methods:

• SaveCacheToImgStore(StoreFileName As String)
• ReadCacheFromImgStore(StoreFileName As String)

When run in IDE-Mode, the Demo will populate the GC-CacheObject directly from a \Res\-Subfolder -
(via GC-Add... Methods which in this case load PNGs, JPGs or GIFs directly from the FileSystem)

When the MainForm unloads (in IDE-Mode), then one of the new Methods is used:

• GC.SaveCacheToImgStore App.Path & "\ImageCache.gc"

So that, when the Demo runs compiled, it will ignore the Files in the \Res\-Subfolder (so no need to deploy it) -
and instead loads the GC-Objects Cache-Content from a single File via:

• GC.ReadCacheFromImgStore App.Path & "\ImageCache.gc"

The whole User-Code (aside from the dropped-in cGDIPlusCache.cls-File) -
sits in a single Form (with only about 25 Lines).

That's enough to ensure a Checker-BackGround and two Animations (one from a GIF, another one from a "PNG-stripe").


Ok, here is the Zip: ImageCaching.zip

Have fun,

Olaf

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