i look at that page but i can't do:

Set oPic = LoadPicture(App.Path & "\circle.bmp")

because I can't find 'LoadPicture' in VB.net as my project is a COM
add-in for outlook 2003

thanks again

Donald

Because you don't have a reference to the Win32 library where that method
lives or because of http://support.microsoft.com/kb/150034/?
--
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options
http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm


"donald" wrote in message
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i look at that page but i can't do:

Set oPic = LoadPicture(App.Path & "\circle.bmp")

because I can't find 'LoadPicture' in VB.net as my project is a COM
add-in for outlook 2003

thanks again

Donald

'LoadPicture' is just not available in vb.net so how do i get round
this?

Donald

Thaddaeus gave you an example of the only known way to do this in .NET. It's
the only way to get an IPictureDisp from a System.Drawing.Image object. Your
reply to him stated that you didn't want to use Copy/Paste but his example
showed you how to use Picture and Mask, not Copy/Paste.

--
Josh Einstein
Einstein Technologies
Microsoft Tablet PC MVP
Tablet Enhancements for Outlook 2.0 - Try it free for 14 days
www.tabletoutlook.com


"donald" wrote in message
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'LoadPicture' is just not available in vb.net so how do i get round
this?

Donald

Also note that if you are using the Word editor, PasteFace is your only
option: IPicture object cannot be marshaled across thee process boundaries:
Word inspectors live in the ewinword.exe process space rather than
outlook.exe
Also note that you can save the clipboard contents before copying a bitmap
to the clipboard and restore it afterwards. Babelfish sample COM add-in
source code (url below) has a utility class to do that (Delphi) - see
uSaveClipboard.pas file.

Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
http://www.dimastr.com/
OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
and MAPI Developer Tool

"Josh Einstein" wrote in message
...
Thaddaeus gave you an example of the only known way to do this in .NET.
It's the only way to get an IPictureDisp from a System.Drawing.Image
object. Your reply to him stated that you didn't want to use Copy/Paste
but his example showed you how to use Picture and Mask, not Copy/Paste.

--
Josh Einstein
Einstein Technologies
Microsoft Tablet PC MVP
Tablet Enhancements for Outlook 2.0 - Try it free for 14 days
www.tabletoutlook.com


"donald" wrote in message
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'LoadPicture' is just not available in vb.net so how do i get round
this?

Donald

Be cautious about saving/restoring the clipboard contents because it can
have unintended side effects. For example, if the data object is a large
object on another machine (like in RDP) or in another process (like a 300mb
bitmap in photoshop) then you might introduce long unexpected blocks in your
application and spikes of memory use and the user will have no idea what is
going on since they didn't initiate a clipboard operation.

--
Josh Einstein
Einstein Technologies
Microsoft Tablet PC MVP
Tablet Enhancements for Outlook 2.0 - Try it free for 14 days
www.tabletoutlook.com


"Dmitry Streblechenko" wrote in message
...
Also note that if you are using the Word editor, PasteFace is your only
option: IPicture object cannot be marshaled across thee process
boundaries: Word inspectors live in the ewinword.exe process space rather
than outlook.exe
Also note that you can save the clipboard contents before copying a bitmap
to the clipboard and restore it afterwards. Babelfish sample COM add-in
source code (url below) has a utility class to do that (Delphi) - see
uSaveClipboard.pas file.

Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
http://www.dimastr.com/
OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
and MAPI Developer Tool

"Josh Einstein" wrote in message
...
Thaddaeus gave you an example of the only known way to do this in .NET.
It's the only way to get an IPictureDisp from a System.Drawing.Image
object. Your reply to him stated that you didn't want to use Copy/Paste
but his example showed you how to use Picture and Mask, not Copy/Paste.

--
Josh Einstein
Einstein Technologies
Microsoft Tablet PC MVP
Tablet Enhancements for Outlook 2.0 - Try it free for 14 days
www.tabletoutlook.com


"donald" wrote in message
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'LoadPicture' is just not available in vb.net so how do i get round
this?

Donald

I try very think in this topic but i still can't get it working. I
don;t want to use the copy and paste because the user will loss there
clipboard and if you try so save it, it could be 300mb as explain
above.

So could some one who got it working post there code up. The code i
have is:

Dim path As String = "C:\Visual Studio
Projects\DC\DMCRM\icons\AddTelephoneCall.ico"

Dim imgconv As ImageConverter
Dim img As System.Drawing.Image

img = System.Drawing.Image.FromFile(path)
Dim a As stdole.IPictureDisp =
imgconv.ImageToIPicDisp(img)

.Picture = a

Public Class ImageConverter
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.AxHost

Public Sub New(ByVal pGUID As String)
MyBase.New(pGUID)
End Sub

Public Shared Function ImageToIPicDisp(ByVal value As
System.Drawing.Image) As stdole.IPictureDisp
Return
System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.GetIPictureDispFromPic ture(value)
End Function

Public Shared Function IPicDispToImage(ByVal value As
stdole.IPictureDisp) As System.Drawing.Image
Return
System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.GetPictureFromIPicture Disp(CType(value,
Object))
End Function
End Class


the code get a error on this line ' .Picture = a'

any help please

Donald