OleLoadPictureFile

OleLoadPictureFile

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Microsoft Visual Studio 2008/.NET Framework 3.5

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OleLoadPictureFile

Creates an IPictureDisp object from a picture file on disk.

HRESULT OleLoadPictureFile(
  VARIANT     varFileName,
  LPDISPATCH  *lplpdispPicture
);

Parameters

Parameter	Description
varFileName	[in] A string specifying the path and name of the picture file to load.
lplpdispPicture	[in] The location that receives a pointer to the IPictureDisp object.

Return Value

This method returns standard COM error codes as defined in winerror.h in addition to the following values.

Return code	Description
S_OK	The method completed successfully.
CTL_E_INVALIDPICTURE (0x800A01E1)	Invalid picture file.

Remarks

Recognized graphic formats include bitmap (.bmp), JPEG (.jpg), GIF (.gif), and PGN (.png) files.

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PNG support

Tycho | Edit | Show History

It seems this function does not support the PNG format or only supports a few formats of the PNG format. It also says 'PGN' instead of ''PNG'!

Final, the first parameter is a variant, the description of the type can be found here http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms221627.aspx