Image Tagging - an example to store info inside images

[localmotion34]

i looked at EXIf tags, and they seem very complicated. plus, they do not allow real easy editing after they are created. often they are lost after saving the image again. so i looked for a way that no on else seemed to have come up with. i have posted before about using INI functions to store text in an image, so i gave it a try. low and behold, writing INI sections to any image format DOES NOT currupt the image. using regular file functions like writelong() can about half the time. but INI functions in 100 images in 9 formats have NEVER corrupted a single image. here is a test program and 2 images. see if you can take COPIES of your images and formats to see if this will work for the rest of you.

ONLY USE COPIES OF YOUR IMAGES AND NOT ONES YOU VALUE

http://www.penguinbyte.com/apps/pbwebst ... ageTag.zip

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Structure Itag
  Name.s
  date.l
  Author.s
  Event.l
  Location.s
  Description.s
  ;Protect.l
  ;Password.s 
EndStructure 
Enumeration
  #Window_0
EndEnumeration

;- Gadget Constants
;
Enumeration
  #Image_0
  #String_0
  #String_1
  #String_2
  #String_3
  #Editor_0
  #Text_0
  #Text_1
  #Text_2
  #Text_3
  #Text_4
  #Text_5
  #Text_7
  #CheckBox_0
  #Combo_0
  #Text_9
  #Button_0
  #Button_1
  #Text_11
  #Text_12
  #date_0 
EndEnumeration

Global Dim Event.s(15)
Event(0)="Sporting Event"
Event(1)="Family Gathering"
Event(2)="Birthday"
Event(3)="Pet"
Event(4)="Christmas"
Event(5)="Halloween"
Event(6)="Easter"
Event(7)="Religious"
Event(8)="Insurance"
Event(9)="Business"
Event(10)="Vacation"
Event(11)="Wedding"
Event(12)="Honeymoon"
Event(13)="School"
Event(14)="Other"

Global theimage.l, Filename$

UseJPEGImageDecoder() 
UseJPEGImageEncoder()
;PNG
UsePNGImageEncoder()
UsePNGImageDecoder()
;TIFF/TGA decode
UseTIFFImageDecoder() 
UseTGAImageDecoder() 
UseWxCmmImageDecoder()

UseEC_IFFImageDecoder()

;WBMP
;UseEC_WBMPImageDecoder()
;UseEC_WBMPImageEncoder()

;UseEC_ILBMImageEncoder()

;UseEC_P1ImageEncoder()
;UseEC_P2ImageEncoder()
;PBM
;UseEC_PBMImageDecoder()
;UseEC_PBMImageEncoder()
;XBM
;UseEC_XBMImageDecoder()
;UseEC_XBMImageEncoder()
;XPM
;UseEC_XPMImageDecoder()
;UseEC_XPMImageEncoder()
;PGM
;UseEC_PGMImageDecoder()
;UseEC_PGMImageEncoder()

;PPM
UseEC_PPMImageDecoder()
UseEC_PPMImageEncoder()

Procedure LoadPictureFile(szFile.s) 
  ; 
  ; Loads 
  ;        BMP, GIF, JPG, WMF, EMF, ICO 
  ; 
  hFile = CreateFile_(szFile, #GENERIC_READ, 0, #Null, #OPEN_EXISTING, 0, #Null) 
  If hFile  
    dwFileSize = GetFileSize_(hFile, #Null) 
    hGlobal    = GlobalAlloc_(#GMEM_MOVEABLE, dwFileSize) 
    If hGlobal 
      pvData = GlobalLock_(hGlobal) 
      bRead = ReadFile_(hFile, pvData, dwFileSize, @dwBytesRead, #Null) 
      GlobalUnlock_(hGlobal) 
      
      If bRead 
        If CreateStreamOnHGlobal_(hGlobal, #True, @pstm.IStream) = #S_OK 
          If OleLoadPicture_(pstm, dwFileSize, #False,?IID_IPicture, @Bild.IPicture) = #S_OK 
            ; Here we got the IPicture Object 
            
            Bild\get_Height(@height) 
            Bild\get_Width(@width) 
            
            hdc = GetDC_(GetDesktopWindow_()) 
            ScreenPixels_X = GetDeviceCaps_(hdc,#LOGPIXELSX) 
            ScreenPixels_Y = GetDeviceCaps_(hdc,#LOGPIXELSY) 
            ReleaseDC_(GetDesktopWindow_(),hdc) 
            PicHeight = (height * ScreenPixels_X) / 2540 
            PicWidth  = (width  * ScreenPixels_Y) / 2540 
            
            Result = CreateImage(#PB_Any,PicWidth,PicHeight) 
            If Result 
              hdc = StartDrawing(ImageOutput(Result)) 
              Bild\Render(hdc,0,PicHeight,PicWidth,-PicHeight,0,0,width,height,0) 
              StopDrawing() 
            EndIf 
            
            Bild\Release() 
          EndIf 
          pstm\Release() 
        EndIf 
      EndIf 
    EndIf 
    CloseHandle_(hFile) 
  EndIf 
  ProcedureReturn Result 
  
  DataSection 
  IID_IPicture: 
  Data.l $7BF80980 
  Data.w $BF32,$101A 
  Data.b $8B,$BB,$00,$AA,$00,$30,$0C,$AB 
  EndDataSection 
EndProcedure 

Procedure CreateImageTag(filename.s,*image.Itag)
  If filename
    SetIniKey("TagV1","Has","True",filename)
    With *image
      SetIniKey("Data","Name",\Name,filename)
      SetIniKey("Data","Date",Str(\date),filename)
      SetIniKey("Data","Author",\Author,filename)
      SetIniKey("Data","Event",Str(\Event),filename)
      SetIniKey("Data","Location",\Location,filename)
      SetIniKey("Data","Description",\Description,filename)
    EndWith  
  EndIf
EndProcedure 

Procedure HasImageTag(filename.s)
  If filename
    If GetIniKey("TagV1","Has","",filename)="True"
      ProcedureReturn #True
    Else 
      ProcedureReturn #False 
    EndIf 
  EndIf 
EndProcedure 

Procedure ReadImageTag(filename.s,*image.Itag)
  If filename And HasImageTag(filename)
    With *image
      \Name=GetIniKey("Data","Name","",filename)
      \date=Val(GetIniKey("Data","Date","",filename))
      \Author=GetIniKey("Data","Author","",filename)
      \Event=Val(GetIniKey("Data","Event","",filename))
      \Location=GetIniKey("Data","Location","",filename)
      \Description=GetIniKey("Data","Description","",filename)
    EndWith  
  EndIf
EndProcedure 

Procedure image_scale(image.l,width,height)
  IconSize=width
  MemImgID = ImageID(image)
  MemImgW  = ImageWidth(image)
  MemImgH  = ImageHeight(image)
  If MemImgH>MemImgW
    MemImgMul.f = IconSize/MemImgH
    MemImgW   = Int(MemImgW*MemImgMul)
    MemImgH   = Int(MemImgH*MemImgMul)
    MemImgX   = Int((IconSize-MemImgW)/2)
    MemImgY   = 0
  Else
    MemImgMul = IconSize/MemImgW
    MemImgW   = Int(MemImgW*MemImgMul)
    MemImgH   = Int(MemImgH*MemImgMul)
    MemImgX   = 0
    MemImgY   = Int((IconSize-MemImgH)/2)
  EndIf 
  tmpimage=CreateImage(#PB_Any, width,height)
  StartDrawing(ImageOutput(tmpimage))
  Box(0,0,IconSize,IconSize,RGB($FF,$FF,$FF))
  DrawImage(MemImgID,0,0,MemImgW,MemImgH)
  StopDrawing()
  ProcedureReturn tmpimage 
EndProcedure 

Procedure Open_Window_0()
  If OpenWindow(#Window_0, 348, 135, 677, 481, "Image Tagger",  #PB_Window_SystemMenu | #PB_Window_TitleBar | #PB_Window_ScreenCentered )
    If CreateGadgetList(WindowID(#Window_0))
      ImageGadget(#Image_0, 10, 20, 400, 290, 0, #PB_Image_Border)
      StringGadget(#String_0, 500, 30, 170, 20, "")
      DateGadget(#date_0,500,60,170,20,"%mm/%dd/%yyyy")
      StringGadget(#String_1, 500, 90, 170, 20, "")
      StringGadget(#String_2, 500, 120, 170, 20, "")
      StringGadget(#String_3, 500, 320, 170, 20, "")
      EditorGadget(#Editor_0, 500, 150, 170, 130)
      TextGadget(#Text_0, 430, 30, 60, 20, "Name")
      TextGadget(#Text_1, 430, 60, 60, 20, "Date")
      TextGadget(#Text_2, 430, 90, 60, 20, "Author")
      TextGadget(#Text_3, 430, 120, 60, 20, "Location")
      TextGadget(#Text_4, 430, 150, 60, 20, "Description")
      TextGadget(#Text_5, 430, 290, 70, 20, "Protect")
      TextGadget(#Text_7, 430, 320, 60, 20, "Password")
      CheckBoxGadget(#CheckBox_0, 500, 290, 120, 20, "Protect?")
      ComboBoxGadget(#Combo_0, 500, 350, 170, 120)
      
      For a=0 To 14
        AddGadgetItem(#Combo_0,a,Event(a))
      Next 
      
      TextGadget(#Text_9, 430, 350, 60, 20, "Event")
      ButtonGadget(#Button_0, 10, 370, 90, 30, "Open Image")
      ButtonGadget(#Button_1, 530, 400, 100, 30, "Update Tag")
      TextGadget(#Text_11, 10, 430, 80, 20, "Current Image:")
      TextGadget(#Text_12, 10, 450, 410, 20, "", #PB_Text_Border)
      SendMessage_(GadgetID(#Editor_0), #EM_SETTARGETDEVICE, #Null, 0)
    EndIf
  EndIf
EndProcedure

Open_Window_0()

;-Event Loop 
Repeat 
  Select WaitWindowEvent()
    Case #PB_Event_Gadget
      Select EventGadget()
        Case #Button_0
          Pattern$="Supported Image Formats|*.jpg;*.bmp;*gif;*.tga;*.tif;*.emf,*.wmf;*.ico;*png"
          Filename$=OpenFileRequester("Please choose file to save","",Pattern$,0)
          If Filename$
            Select LCase(GetExtensionPart(Filename$))
              Case "bmp","jpg","tif","png","tga","ico"
                theimage.l=LoadImage(#PB_Any,Filename$)
                viewimage.l=image_scale(theimage,400, 290)
                SetGadgetState(#Image_0,ImageID(viewimage))
                SetGadgetText(#Text_12,Filename$)
              Case "wmf","emf","gif"
                theimage.l=LoadPictureFile(Filename$)
                viewimage.l=image_scale(theimage,400, 290)
                SetGadgetState(#Image_0,ImageID(viewimage))
                SetGadgetText(#Text_12,Filename$)
            EndSelect 
            If HasImageTag(Filename$)
              anothertag.Itag
              ReadImageTag(Filename$,anothertag.Itag)
              With anothertag
                SetGadgetText(#String_0,\Name)
                SetGadgetState(#date_0,\date)
                SetGadgetText(#String_1,\Author)
                SetGadgetText(#String_2,\Location)
                SetGadgetText(#Editor_0,\Description)
                SetGadgetState(#Combo_0,\Event)
              EndWith 
              Else 
            SetGadgetText(#String_0,"")
            SetGadgetState(#date_0,Date())
            SetGadgetText(#String_1,"")
            SetGadgetText(#String_2,"")
            SetGadgetText(#Editor_0,"")
            SetGadgetState(#Combo_0,-1)
            EndIf 
          EndIf 
        Case #Button_1
          Debug GetGadgetState(#date_0) 
          If Filename$
            mytag.Itag
            With mytag
              \Name=GetGadgetText(#String_0)
              \date=GetGadgetState(#date_0)
              \Author=GetGadgetText(#String_1)
              \Location=GetGadgetText(#String_2)
              \Description=GetGadgetText(#Editor_0)
              \Event=GetGadgetState(#Combo_0)
            EndWith 
            CreateImageTag(Filename$,mytag.Itag)
          EndIf 
      EndSelect
    Case #PB_Event_CloseWindow
      Quit=1
  EndSelect
Until Quit=1