ImageStream-VB Version 1.01 Release Notes


Thank you for purchasing ImageStream-VB.  We think you will find it a powerful 
solution for your imaging applications.

This file contains last minute information that may not have made it into the 
documentation or help.  Please look through it before continuing.

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Installation

The installation program will create a directory named C:\VTIS where the control and its 
associated files will be stored.  It will also create four subdirectories - \VTIS\SAMPLES 
where three sample programs will be stored, \VTIS\IMAGES where some sample images 
will  be stored, \VTIS\ISVC2 and \VTIS\ISVC2\RES where a Microsoft C++ sample 
program will be stored.


Demo Files

Three Visual Basic demonstration files are shipped with ImageStream-VB.  
They are installed in the SAMPLES directory.  They will run under Visual Basic 3.0 
only.  

The first is called DEMOALL.  This application tests most of the functionality of the 
ImageStream-VB VBX.  You may use this application as an example of how to access 
many of the built in functions.

The second is called DEMODB.  This is a small application that demonstrates how to use 
the control as a bound control.  There is a small Access database containing images that 
the application can access.

The third is called DEMOWIN.  This is a small application that demonstrates image 
conversion and manipulation.

These sample files expect the standard directories created by the setup program.  They 
work best at screen resolutions of 800X600 or higher.

There is also a directory called ISVC2.  This directory contains a sample program written
in Microsoft's Visual C++.  It is the same sample program as DEMOWIN.


Kodak Photo CD Resolution Settings

Photo CD files store each image in several resolutions.  There is a parameter in the 
IRPCD9.INI file called "Resolution" that tells Imagestream-VB which resolution to read.  
As shipped this parameter is set to 3 indicating that ImageStream-VB should read the 
medium resolution image.  You may change this setting with a text editor to any of the 
following.

;PCD_RES_BASE_OVER_16          1
;PCD_RES_BASE_OVER_4           2
;PCD_RES_BASE                  3
;PCD_RES_4BASE                 4
;PCD_RES_16BASE                5

Resolution=3


Vector and Bitmap files

It is not possible to save a bitmap file as a vector file if the destination format does not
have the ability to embed a bitmap.  The following formats do not have this capability 
and therefore any attempt to save a bitmap into these formats will result in a blank 
background.

	DXF AutoCAD Drawing Interchange Format
	GEM Digital Research Graphics File Format
	NAP/PDI/PIC NAPLPS Graphics File Format
	AI/EPS Adobe Illustrator/Encapsulated Postscript *


* Encapsulated Postscript is a vector format and does have the ability to embed a bitmap 
but it will only do so if you unset the AI data button and set the TIFF preview button
in the export preferences dialog. 

