Pelles C forum
C language => User contributions => Topic started by: ElectroDoc on April 12, 2016, 09:04:12 PM
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Do you use Windows 10?
Do you notice the lock screen images that change once in a while?
Do you wonder where Windows stores these images? or wanted a program to extract them for you?
I wrote a program in Pelles C that can extract these images (which are called Windows Spotlight images) and saves them to a folder of your choice.
* Note that it runs on Windows 10 only *
The code demonstrates some nice features like:
- Using the GDI+ library (thanks to TimoVJL for the GDI+ flat API header)
- Using multiple threads of execution
- Using MD5 to compare saved/new images
- Using file images as an ImageList for a ListView controls
- How to define Windows 10 in the application's manifest in order to properly check the version number.
I wrote the program with a very limited time, so it may contain bugs. Any comments are appreciated!
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Nice Job! :)
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Tested by adding 19000 images to the right listbox without problem.
I think that images are too small.
It seems the WM_SETREDRAW (https://msdn.microsoft.com/fr-fr/library/windows/desktop/dd145219(v=vs.85).aspx) message is not treated when adding images to the listbox.
Good work.
(http://www.phrio.biz/pelles/spotlight.jpg)