Re: DirectX: Do I need this?

Ken Tucker [MVP] wrote:
> Directx is an low level api for creating games and multimedia
> applications. I dont think you will find much help from directx.

Hmm... Not that I'm able to offer any help to the OP, but I do think DX
could potentially be useful.

It does have some restrictions and limitations, but it would mean that a
thumbnail could be created by getting the graphics hardware to do the
resizing. This could potentially be many times faster than a software
solution.

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(O)enone


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