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Required plugins for this example: MBS Images Plugin, MBS Main Plugin, MBS Picture Plugin
You find this example project in your Plugins Download as a Xojo project file within the examples folder: /Picture/StringToPicture
This example is the version from Sun, 17th Mar 2012.
Project "StringToPicture.xojo_binary_project"
Class App Inherits Application
Const kEditClear = "&Delete"
Const kFileQuit = "&Quit"
Const kFileQuitShortcut = ""
End Class
Class Window1 Inherits Window
EventHandler Sub Open()
dim p as Picture = LogoMBS(500)
dim s as string = PictureToJPEGStringMBS(p, 75)
Backdrop = StringToPicture(s)
End EventHandler
Function StringToPicture(data as string) As Picture
// self made String To Picture method without QuickTime
// needs TIFF, JPEG, Picture, PNG and GIF Plugins
if lenb(data)<10 then Return nil
dim m as MemoryBlock = leftb(data, 10)
Select case m.UInt8Value(0)
case &h42 // BMP
// from Picture plugin
Return BMPStringtoPictureMBS(data)
case &h47 // GIF
// from GIF plugin
Return GifStringToPictureMBS(data)
case &h49 // I, Tiff for Intel format
// from tiff plugin
Return TIFFStringToPictureMBS(data)
case &h4D // M, Tiff for Motorola (PPC) format
Return TIFFStringToPictureMBS(data)
case &hFF // JPEG
// from JPEG plugins
Return JPEGStringToPictureMBS(data, true)
end Select
End Function
End Class
MenuBar MenuBar1
MenuItem FileMenu = "&File"
MenuItem FileQuit = "#App.kFileQuit"
MenuItem EditMenu = "&Edit"
MenuItem EditUndo = "&Undo"
MenuItem UntitledMenu1 = "-"
MenuItem EditCut = "Cu&t"
MenuItem EditCopy = "&Copy"
MenuItem EditPaste = "&Paste"
MenuItem EditClear = "#App.kEditClear"
MenuItem UntitledMenu0 = "-"
MenuItem EditSelectAll = "Select &All"
End MenuBar
End Project
The items on this page are in the following plugins: MBS Picture Plugin.