What's New for FreeImage VB Wrapper

* : fixed
- : removed
! : changed
+ : added

October 31, 2006 - 1.9
* [Carsten Klein] adjusted page numbers of the API documentation in header comments in FreeImage function declarations to match FreeImage 3.9.2 API documentation
! [Carsten Klein] changed constant FREEIMAGE_RELEASE_SERIAL: set to 2 to match current version 3.9.2
+ [Carsten Klein] added function declaration for FreeImage_JPEGCrop(): added both declaration and Boolean returning wrapper function.
! [Carsten Klein] changed data type of all occurences of parameter 'Flags' from Long to either FREE_IMAGE_LOAD_OPTIONS or FREE_IMAGE_SAVE_OPTIONS enum. This is true for declared funcitons as well as for wrapper functions.
+ [Carsten Klein] added function declaration for FreeImage_LoadMultiBitmapFromMemory().
+ [Carsten Klein] added wrapper function FreeImage_LoadMultiBitmapFromMemoryEx(): this is dealing with a VB style array (SAFEARRAY) like FreeImage_LoadFromMemoryEx() does.

! now FreeImage version 3.9.2

October 30, 2006 - 1.8
* [Carsten Klein] fixed a memory leak in wrapper function SavePictureEx(). Thanks to Roogames for reporting that bug.
! [Carsten Klein] changed return type of wrapper function SavePictureEx() to Boolean.
+ [Carsten Klein] added wrapper function FreeImage_SaveEx() which brings all the features, as there are inline size- and color conversion and format guessing, so far only known from SavePictureEx() for DIBs.
! [Carsten Klein] changed wrapper function SavePictureEx(): now this is only a thin wrapper for function FreeImage_SaveEx().
+ [Carsten Klein] added enumeration FREE_IMAGE_LOAD_OPTIONS.
- [Carsten Klein] refactored enumeration FREE_IMAGE_SAVE_OPTIONS: removed unnecessary items from enumeration.
! [Carsten Klein] changed wrapper function LoadPictureEx(): added parameter 'Options' (enum FREE_IMAGE_LOAD_OPTIONS) to specify image loading options (called 'flags' in FreeImage).
+ [Carsten Klein] added wrapper function FreeImage_LoadEx() which brings all the features, as there are inline size- and color conversion and format guessing, so far only known from LoadPictureEx() for DIBs.
! [Carsten Klein] changed wrapper function LoadPictureEx(): now this is only a thin wrapper for function FreeImage_LoadEx().

October 13, 2006 - 1.7.2
+ [Carsten Klein] added User32 function GetDesktopWindow()
+                 added User32 function GetWindowDC()
- [Carsten Klein] removed unused constants DI_MASK, DI_IMAGE and DI_NORMAL
+                 added GDI32 function GetDeviceCaps() with constants HORZRES and VERTRES
+                 added GDI32 function SelectObject()
+                 added GDI32 function DeleteObject()
+                 added GDI32 function CreateCompatibleBitmap()
+                 added GDI32 function CreateCompatibleDC()
+                 added GDI32 function BitBlt()
+ [Carsten Klein] added wrapper function FreeImage_CreateFromScreen(): this function lets you capture the whole screen or any certain window

October 10, 2006 - 1.7.1
! [Carsten Klein] changed parameter name 'Page' into 'hPageDib' in declared function FreeImage_UnlockPage(). 'hPageDib' must be the (dib-)handle obtained from FreeImage_LockPage() and not the page number. Now, the declaration is less confusing. Thanks to Ender Wiggin.

August 4, 2006 - 1.7
* [Carsten Klein] fixed a bug in pGetTagFromTagPtr(): removed overflow error when converting unsigned short tags (FIDT_SHORT) with values between 32768 and 65535. Thanks to André Hendriks.
! [Carsten Klein] changed constant FREEIMAGE_RELEASE_SERIAL: set to 1 to match current version 3.9.1

! now FreeImage version 3.9.1

July 17, 2006 - 1.6
+ [Carsten Klein] added more public wrapper functions for tag copying and cloning:
+                 added function FreeImage_CopyMetadata()
+                 added function FreeImage_CloneMetadata()
- [Carsten Klein] removed dead API functions, dead structures and dead variables
* [Carsten Klein] fixed a bug in FreeImage_ConvertColorDepth(): now color images are converted to 24 bits when used with FICF_PREPARE_RESCALE, all others to 8 bit

July 16, 2006 - 1.5.6
+ [Carsten Klein] added more public wrapper functions for VB friendly tag access: these functions deal with a FREE_IMAGE_TAG structure instead of FreeImage's Tag pointer.
+                 added function FreeImage_SetMetadataEx()
+                 added function FreeImage_CreateTagEx()
+                 added function FreeImage_AppendTag()
+                 added function FreeImage_RemoveTag()
+                 added function FreeImage_RemoveTagEx()
+                 added function FreeImage_TagExists()
+                 added function FreeImage_TagExistsEx()
+                 added function FreeImage_DeleteTagEx()
+                 added function FreeImage_CloneTagEx()
+                 added function FreeImage_RemoveMetadataModel()
+                 added function FreeImage_UpdateMetadata()
+                 added function FreeImage_UnsignedLong()
+                 added function FreeImage_UnsignedShort()
+                 added function FreeImage_CreateRational()
+                 added function FreeImage_CreateSignedRational()
+                 added function FreeImage_GetImageComment()
+                 added function FreeImage_SetImageComment()
+ [Carsten Klein] added some private helper functions to leverage tag updating:
+                 added helper function pTagToTagPtr()
+                 added helper function pGetValueBuffer()
+                 added helper function pGetRationalValueBuffer()
+                 added helper function pGetVariantAsByteBuffer()
+                 added helper function pGetElementSize()

July 5, 2006 - 1.5.5
! [Carsten Klein] changed function signature of FreeImage_FindNextMetadataEx(): optional parameter 'Model' is now present; see the function's inline documentation

June 30, 2006 - 1.5.4
* [Carsten Klein] fixed bug in functions creating a FreeImage DIB from a windows hBitmap: workaround for palettized bitmaps is now implemented
*                 fixed function FreeImage_CreateFromOLEPicture()
*                 fixed function FreeImage_CreateFromDC()

June 22, 2006 - 1.5.3
! [Carsten Klein] changed function declaration of FreeImage_GetMetadataInt(): parameter 'model' is now 'ByVal' and Tag is a Long pointer
! [Carsten Klein] changed function declaration of FreeImage_SetMetadataInt(): parameter 'model' is now 'ByVal' and Tag is a Long pointer
! [Carsten Klein] changed function declaration of FreeImage_GetMetadata(): parameter Tag is a Long pointer now
! [Carsten Klein] changed function declaration of FreeImage_SetMetadata(): parameter Tag is a Long pointer now
+ [Carsten Klein] added function declarations for tag creation and destruction:
+                 added declaration for function FreeImage_CreateTag()
+                 added declaration for procedure FreeImage_DeleteTag()
+                 added declaration for function FreeImage_CloneTag()
+ [Carsten Klein] added new items to structure FREE_IMAGE_TAG:
+                 added item 'Model As FREE_IMAGE_MDMODEL'
+                 added item 'TagPtr As Long'
+ [Carsten Klein] added wrapper functions for more VB friendly Tag access: these functions deal with a FREE_IMAGE_TAG structure instead of FreeImage's Tag pointer.
+                 added function FreeImage_FindFirstMetadataEx()
+                 added function FreeImage_FindNextMetadataEx()
+                 added function FreeImage_GetAllMetadataTags()
+                 added function FreeImage_GetMetadataEx()
* [Carsten Klein] fixed and adjusted page numbers of the API documentation in header comments in FreeImage function declarations
- [Carsten Klein] removed workaround for thresholding and dithering non-MINISBLACK 8 bit images in function FreeImage_ConvertColorDepth(): was fixed in FreeImage 3.9.0
* [Carsten Klein] fixed all pending issues in function FreeImage_PaintDC(): is now in production state

June 14, 2006 - 1.5.2
! [Carsten Klein] changed signature of function FreeImage_CreateMask()
+ [Carsten Klein] added function FreeImage_CreateMaskImage(): this creates a monochrome mask from a source image
+ [Carsten Klein] added function FreeImage_CreateMaskInPlace(): this creates a monochrome mask from a source image
+ [Carsten Klein] added enumeration FREE_IMAGE_ICON_TRANSPARENCY_OPTION_FLAGS
+ [Carsten Klein] added wrapper function FreeImage_CreateSimpleBWMaskImage(): wrapper for FreeImage_CreateMaskImage() with reduced number of parameters; creates a b/w mask
+ [Carsten Klein] added wrapper function FreeImage_CreateSimpleBWMaskInPlace(): wrapper for FreeImage_CreateMaskInPlace() with reduced number of parameters; creates a b/w mask
+ [Carsten Klein] added function declaration for FreeImage_MakeThumbnail()
+ [Carsten Klein] added function for FreeImage_GetOlePictureThumbnail()
+ [Carsten Klein] added function for FreeImage_MakeThumbnailIOP()
+ [Carsten Klein] documented function FreeImage_ReadMemoryEx()
+ [Carsten Klein] documented function FreeImage_WriteMemoryEx()
! [Carsten Klein] divided FreeImage_TagFromPointer into an interface only function with a private helper function pGetTagFromTagPtr():
+                 added helper function pGetTagFromTagPtr()
! [Carsten Klein] added private helper functions to leverage the FIDT_RATIONAL and FIDT_SRATIONAL data type:
+                 added helper function pNormalizeRational()
+                 added helper function pNormalizeSRational()
+                 added helper function gcd()
+                 added helper function floor()
! [Carsten Klein] changed name of structure 'FITAG_int' to 'FITAG': is now as in FreeImage library
! [Carsten Klein] changed name of structure 'FITAG' to 'FREE_IMAGE_TAG': this new structure plays an important role in the wrapper's new VB friendly tag accessing concept
! [Carsten Klein] changed function declaration of FreeImage_GetMetadataCount(): parameter 'model' is now 'ByVal'
! [Carsten Klein] changed function declaration of FreeImage_TagToString(): parameter 'model' is now 'ByVal' and function returns a Long
! [Carsten Klein] renamed function declaration of FreeImage_TagToString() to FreeImage_TagToStringInt(): function is now Private and wrapped by a VB String returning function
+ [Carsten Klein] added wrapper function FreeImage_TagToString() returning a real VB String
+ [Carsten Klein] added structure FIRATIONAL: structure to hold an image tag's rational value
+ [Carsten Klein] added new items to structure FREE_IMAGE_TAG:
+                 added item 'StringValue As String'
+                 added item 'Palette() As RGBQUAD'
+                 added item 'RationalValue() As FIRATIONAL'

June 13, 2006 - 1.5.1
! [Carsten Klein] changed version constant 'FREEIMAGE_MINOR_VERSION' to 9 to meet version 3.9.0
* [Carsten Klein] fixed and adjusted page numbers of the API documentation in header comments in FreeImage function declarations to match FreeImage 3.9.0 API documentation
+ [Carsten Klein] added function declaration for new Memory I/O functions in 3.9.0
+                 added declaration FreeImage_ReadMemory()
+                 added declaration FreeImage_WriteMemory()
! [Carsten Klein] changed/added optional parameter 'element_size' to private function pGetMemoryBlockPtrFromVariant(): caller now can get size in bytes one array element
+ [Carsten Klein] added wrapper functions for new Memory I/O functions in 3.9.0
+                 added function FreeImage_ReadMemoryEx()
+                 added function FreeImage_WriteMemoryEx()
+ [Carsten Klein] added constants and updated enumerations for new 3.9.0 file formats 'FAXG3' and 'SGI'
+ [Carsten Klein] added Windows GDI icon related declarations:
+                 added function declaration for CreateIconIndirect()
+                 added function declaration for DestroyIcon()
+                 added structure ICONINFO
+ [Carsten Klein] added function FreeImage_GetIcon(): returns a hIcon handle
+ [Carsten Klein] added function FreeImage_GetOlePictureIcon(): returns a VB Picture object of type vbPicTypeIcon
+ [Carsten Klein] added enumeration FREE_IMAGE_MASK_FLAGS
+ [Carsten Klein] added function FreeImage_CreateMaskColors(): returns an array filled with items from an argument list; synonym for VB's Array() function
+ [Carsten Klein] added enumeration FREE_IMAGE_teMask(): this creates a monochrome mask from a source image
+ [Carsten Klein] added function FreeImage_CreaMASK_CREATION_OPTION_FLAGS

! now FreeImage version 3.9.0

June 12, 2006 - 1.5
* [Carsten Klein] fixed bug in wrapper function FreeImage_PaintDCEx(): now handles boolean test correctly: 'If ((hDC <> 0) And (hDIB <> 0)) Then -> Thanks to ender_wiggin for reporting that bug.
+ [Carsten Klein] added private function pGetIOlePictureFromContainer(): used to get IPicture from image hosting control (Form, PictureBox) including custom drawings
+ [Carsten Klein] added wrapper function FreeImage_CreateFromImageContainer(): used to create FreeImage DIB from image hosting control (Form, PictureBox) including custom drawings
+ [Carsten Klein] added wrapper function SaveImageContainerEx(): derivate of wrapper function 'SavePictureEx()': saves content of image hosting control (Form, PictureBox) including custom drawings

February 27, 2006 - 1.4.8
+ [Carsten Klein] added inline documentation for these wrapper functions:
+                 documented function FreeImage_CompareColorsLongLong()
+                 documented function FreeImage_CompareColorsRGBTRIPLELong()
+                 documented function FreeImage_CompareColorsRGBQUADLong()
+                 documented function FreeImage_SearchPalette()
! [Carsten Klein] changed and updated general remarks in section "General notes on implementation and design"
! [Carsten Klein] changed all function declarations of FreeImage functions that return a BOOL in C/C++: see "Functions returning Booleans" in section "General notes on implementation and design"
! [Carsten Klein] changed all function signatures of functions that are derived from or extend FreeImage BOOL functions: see "Functions returning Booleans" in section "General notes on implementation and design"
+ [Carsten Klein] added wrapper functions for all FreeImage functions that return a BOOL in C/C++: see "Functions returning Booleans" in section "General notes on implementation and design"
+ [Carsten Klein] added wrapper function FreeImage_CreateFromDC(): creates an DIB from a DC. Thanks to Evan (wxforecaster) for this suggestion.
+ [Carsten Klein] added declaration of GDI function GetCurrentObject() and constant OBJ_BITMAP
+ [Carsten Klein] added wrapper function FreeImage_IsAvailable(): used to test for existence of FreeImage Library (FreeImage.dll)

February 9, 2006 - 1.4.7
+ [Carsten Klein] added private helper function pGetPreviousColorDepth()
+ [Carsten Klein] added private helper function pGetNextColorDepth()
! [Carsten Klein] changed/extended signature of wrapper function SavePictureEx(): now includes a parameter 'ColorDepth'
+ [Carsten Klein] added enumeration FREE_IMAGE_COLOR_DEPTH
+ [Carsten Klein] added error handling capabilities to wrapper function SavePictureEx()
+ [Carsten Klein] added/updated inline documentation of wrapper function SavePictureEx()

October 31, 2005 - 1.4.6
+ [Carsten Klein] added wrapper function FreeImage_SwapColorLong(): this converts from a RGB to a BGR color value stored in a Long and vice versa

October 27, 2005 - 1.4.5
+ [Carsten Klein] added function FreeImage_IsTransparencyTableTransparent(): checks for transparency directly on the transparency table

October 13, 2005 - 1.4.4
+ [Carsten Klein] added some functions to compare colors in different formats and with tolerance:
+                 added function FreeImage_CompareColorsLongLong()
+                 added function FreeImage_CompareColorsRGBTRIPLELong()
+                 added function FreeImage_CompareColorsRGBQUADLong()
+ [Carsten Klein] added enumeration FREE_IMAGE_COLOR_FORMAT_FLAGS
+ [Carsten Klein] added enumeration FREE_IMAGE_TRANSPARENCY_STATE_FLAGS
+ [Carsten Klein] added function FreeImage_SearchPalette(): to search the palette index for a given color

October 13, 2005 - 1.4.3
+ [Carsten Klein] added additional function declaration FreeImage_SetPixelColorByLong(): now color values may be provided in a long value
+ [Carsten Klein] added additional function declaration FreeImage_GetPixelColorByLong(): now color values may be received in a long value
+ [Carsten Klein] added function FreeImage_SetPixelColorEx(): color values may be provided by four different byte values
+ [Carsten Klein] added function FreeImage_GetPixelColorEx(): color values are returned through four different byte values

October 11, 2005 - 1.4.2
* [Carsten Klein] fixed bug in wrapper function FreeImage_GetBitsExRGBQUAD(): now tests for and works with 32 bit images

October 10, 2005 - 1.4.1
* [Carsten Klein] fixed serious bug in FreeImage_GetBitsEx...() functions: created custom array descriptor now really has two dimensions
*                 fixed wrapper function FreeImage_GetBitsEx()
*                 fixed wrapper function FreeImage_GetBitsExRGBTRIPLE()
*                 fixed wrapper function FreeImage_GetBitsExRGBQUAD()

September 9, 2005 - 1.4
! [Carsten Klein] changed wrapper function FreeImage_ConvertColorDepth(): now uses FreeImage_ConvertToGreyscale
+ [Carsten Klein] added version numbers to change log
+ [Carsten Klein] added comments to IOlePicture aware toolkit and conversion functions
* [Carsten Klein] fixed and adjusted page numbers of the API documentation in header comments in FreeImage function declarations

! now FreeImage version 3.8.0

September 8, 2005 - 1.3.5
! [Carsten Klein] changed version constant 'FREEIMAGE_MINOR_VERSION' to 8 to meet version 3.8.0
+ [Carsten Klein] added function declarations for UNICODE dealing functions with additional token 'Int' appended:
+                 added function FreeImage_LoadUInt()
+                 added function FreeImage_SaveUInt()
+                 added function FreeImage_GetFileTypeUInt()
+                 added function FreeImage_GetFIFFromFilenameUInt()
+ [Carsten Klein] added wrapper functions to ease the use of UNICODE dealing functions:
+                 added function FreeImage_LoadU()
+                 added function FreeImage_SaveU()
+                 added function FreeImage_GetFileTypeU()
+                 added function FreeImage_GetFIFFromFilenameU()
+ [Carsten Klein] added function declaration for FreeImage_ConvertToGreyscale()

July 18, 2005 - 1.3.4
! [Carsten Klein] changed inline comments in these wrapper functions:
!                 changed FreeImage_GetBitsEx(): mixed up width and height in SAFEAARAY creation
!                 changed FreeImage_GetBitsExRGBTRIPLE(): mixed up width and height in SAFEAARAY creation
!                 changed FreeImage_GetBitsExRGBQUAD(): mixed up width and height in SAFEAARAY creation
+ [Carsten Klein] added wrapper function FreeImage_GetScanLinesRGBTRIPLE():

June 30, 2005 - 1.3.3
+ [Carsten Klein] added Kernel32 function FillMemory()

June 24, 2005 - 1.3.2
+ [Carsten Klein] added pixel access functions FreeImage_GetBitsExRGBTRIPLE() and FreeImage_GetBitsExRGBQUAD()
+ [Carsten Klein] added IOlePicture based wrapper function FreeImage_ConvertColorDepthIOP()
+ [Carsten Klein] added IOlePicture based wrapper functions for FreeImage_RescaleIOP():
+                 added function FreeImage_FreeImage_RescaleByPixelIOP()
+                 added function FreeImage_FreeImage_RescaleByPercentIOP()
+                 added function FreeImage_FreeImage_RescaleByFactorIOP()
+ [Carsten Klein] added IOlePicture based wrapper function FreeImage_RescaleIOP()
* [Carsten Klein] fixed a bug in FreeImage_GetOlePicture(): now OlePictures returned through IPicture may be used directly by other functions accepting IPicture types without any assignment to IPictureDisp

June 24, 2005 - 1.3.1
! [Carsten Klein] changed inproper function declaration of function FreeImage_AdjustCurve(): now parameter 'LUT' is passed ByVal
+ [Carsten Klein] added wrapper function FreeImage_AdjustCurveEx()
+ [Carsten Klein] added IOlePicture based wrapper functions for FreeImage toolkit functions:
+                 added function FreeImage_RotateClassicIOP()
+                 added function FreeImage_RotateExIOP()
+                 added function FreeImage_FlipHorizontalIOP()
+                 added function FreeImage_FlipVerticalIOP()
+                 added function FreeImage_AdjustCurveIOP()
+                 added function FreeImage_AdjustGammaIOP()
+                 added function FreeImage_AdjustBrightnessIOP()
+                 added function FreeImage_AdjustContrastIOP()
+                 added function FreeImage_InvertIOP()
+                 added function FreeImage_GetChannelIOP()
+                 added function FreeImage_CopyIOP()
+                 added function FreeImage_PasteIOP()

June 22, 2005 - 1.3
+ [Carsten Klein] added inline comments and documentation for pixel access functions

June 18, 2005 - 1.2.9
+ [Carsten Klein] added function FreeImage_GetBitsEx()
+ [Carsten Klein] added structure SAFEARRAY2D to create 2 dimensional custom arrays
+ [Carsten Klein] added function declarations for converting scanlines to 4 bpp:
+                 added declaration for FreeImage_ConvertLine1To4()
+                 added declaration for FreeImage_ConvertLine8To4()
+                 added declaration for FreeImage_ConvertLine16To4_555()
+                 added declaration for FreeImage_ConvertLine16To4_565()
+                 added declaration for FreeImage_ConvertLine24To4()
+                 added declaration for FreeImage_ConvertLine32To4()

June 16, 2005 - 1.2.8
! [Carsten Klein] changed inproper function declaration for all functions FreeImage_ConvertLineXXXX(): now parameters 'target' and 'Source' are passed ByVal

June 15, 2005 - 1.2.7
+ [Carsten Klein] added function FreeImage_DestroyLockedArrayByPtr() to destroy a locked array by it's pointer (VB can't pass a array of structures through a Variant type)
+ [Carsten Klein] added some wrapper functions for FreeImage_DestroyLockedArrayByPtr() for common FreeImage structures:
+                 added function FreeImage_DestroyLockedArrayRGBTRIPLE()
+                 added function FreeImage_DestroyLockedArrayRGBQUAD()
+                 added function FreeImage_DestroyLockedArrayFICOMPLEX()
+                 added function FreeImage_DestroyLockedArrayFIRGB16()
+                 added function FreeImage_DestroyLockedArrayFIRGBA16()
+                 added function FreeImage_DestroyLockedArrayFIRGBF()
+                 added function FreeImage_DestroyLockedArrayFIRGBAF()
+ [Carsten Klein] added functions to return scanlines as VB style arrays in all supported FreeImage formats:
+                 added function FreeImage_GetScanLineBITMAP8()
+                 added function FreeImage_GetScanLineBITMAP16()
+                 added function FreeImage_GetScanLineBITMAP24()
+                 added function FreeImage_GetScanLineBITMAP32()
+                 added function FreeImage_GetScanLineINT16()
+                 added function FreeImage_GetScanLineINT32()
+                 added function FreeImage_GetScanLineFLOAT()
+                 added function FreeImage_GetScanLineDOUBLE()
+                 added function FreeImage_GetScanLineCOMPLEX()
+                 added function FreeImage_GetScanLineRGB16()
+                 added function FreeImage_GetScanLineRGBA16()
+                 added function FreeImage_GetScanLineRGBF()
+                 added function FreeImage_GetScanLineRGBAF()

June 14, 2005 - 1.2.6
! [Carsten Klein] updated documentation on array-dealing functions using arrays with custom array descriptors
+ [Carsten Klein] added function FreeImage_DestroyLockedArray() to destroy a self created array 'FADF_AUTO Or FADF_FIXEDSIZE' array
+ [Carsten Klein] added function FreeImage_GetPaletteExLong() to return palette data in an array of type Long
+ [Carsten Klein] added parameters 'lPaletteSize', 'vntReservePalette' and 'lReserveSize' to FreeImage_ConvertColorDepth()

June 13, 2005 - 1.2.5
* [Carsten Klein] fixed a bug in helper function pGetMemoryBlockPtrFromVariant(): now 'size_in_bytes' will never exceed the size of an array provided

June 12, 2005 - 1.2.4
+ [Carsten Klein] added ZLib compression function wrappers dealing with VB style arrays:
+                 added function FreeImage_ZLibCompressVB()
+                 added function FreeImage_ZLibUncompressVB()
+                 added function FreeImage_ZLibGZipVB()
+                 added function FreeImage_ZLibGUnzipVB()

June 10, 2005 - 1.2.3
+ [Carsten Klein] added ZLib compression function wrappers dealing with VB style arrays:
+                 added function FreeImage_ZLibCompressEx()
+                 added function FreeImage_ZLibUncompressEx()
+                 added function FreeImage_ZLibGZipEx()
+                 added function FreeImage_ZLibCRC32Ex()
+                 added function FreeImage_ZLibGUnzipEx()
+ [Carsten Klein] added more VB friendly ZLib compression function wrappers:
+                 added function FreeImage_ZLibCompressVB()
+                 added function FreeImage_ZLibUncompressVB()
+                 added function FreeImage_ZLibGZipVB()
+                 added function FreeImage_ZLibGUnzipVB()
! [Carsten Klein] fixed wrong function declaration of functions FreeImage_ZLibGUnzip(): alias was '_FreeImage_ZLibZlibGUnzip@16' (double ZLib)
! [Carsten Klein] fixed function pGetArrayPtrFromVariantArray() that now can deal with uninitialized arrays
!                 fixed function pGetMemoryBlockPtrFromVariant() that now can deal with uninitialized arrays
! [Carsten Klein] fixed wrong function declaration of functions FreeImage_AdjustBrightness(): ...@8 -> ...@12
!                 fixed wrong function declaration of functions FreeImage_AdjustContrast(): ...@8 -> ...@12
!                 fixed wrong function declaration of functions FreeImage_AdjustGamma(): ...@8 -> ...@12
!                 fixed wrong function declaration of functions FreeImage_RotateClassic(): ...@8 -> ...@12
!                 fixed wrong function declaration of functions FreeImage_RotateEx(): ...@28 -> ...@48

June 9, 2005 - 1.2.2
! [Carsten Klein] fixed wrong function declaration of function FreeImage_OpenMultiBitmap(): added parameter 'flags' (...@20 -> ...@24)

June 8, 2005 - 1.2.1
! [Carsten Klein] refactored function FreeImage_LoadFromMemoryEx(): now using pGetMemoryBlockPtrFromVariant()
+ [Carsten Klein] added private function pGetMemoryBlockPtrFromVariant() to get poiner and size of a memory block from a Variant parameter
! [Carsten Klein] changed declaration of ZLib related functions: 'target' and 'Source' are now 'ByVal Long'

June 7, 2005 - 1.2
+ [Carsten Klein] added some more inline comments and documentation
+ [Carsten Klein] added optional parameter 'bUnloadSource' to function FreeImage_SaveToMemoryEx()
+                 added optional parameter 'bUnloadSource' to function FreeImage_SaveToMemoryEx2()
+ [Carsten Klein] added optional parameter 'InPercent' to function SavePictureEx()
!                 implemented the capability to resize the image on saving in function SavePictureEx()
+ [Carsten Klein] added parameters 'InPercent' and 'Format' to function LoadPictureEx()
* [Carsten Klein] fixed wrong function declaration of function FreeImage_JPEGTransform() (...@12 -> ...@16)

June 6, 2005 - 1.1.2
+ [Carsten Klein] added some more inline comments and documentation

May 30, 2005 - 1.1.1
* [Carsten Klein] fixed percent calculating bug in function FreeImage_RescaleEx()
!                 changed behaviour of parameter 'bIsPercentValue' -> it now has no effect on integer values
+                 added function FreeImage_RescaleByPixel() to avoid confusion with overloading
+                 added function FreeImage_RescaleByPercent() to avoid confusion with overloading
+                 added function FreeImage_RescaleByFactor() to avoid confusion with overloading
! [Carsten Klein] changed name of parameter 'bUnloadDIB' to 'bUnloadSource' of function FreeImage_GetOlePicture()
+ [Carsten Klein] added some more inline comments and documentation
* [Carsten Klein] fixed a potential runtime error in function FreeImage_SetTransparencyTableEx(): 'Count' will no longer exceed 256

May 24, 2005 - 1.1
+ [Carsten Klein] added a new VB wrapper
