Using the ImageResizer from COM

While the URL API method is preferred, you can use the ImageResizer with the COM API. This means VB6, VBScript, JScript, C++, and other COM-compatible languages can resize images, even if they're desktop apps or command-line scripts.

To install the ImageResizer as a COM component, run \dlls\release\COMInstaller.exe with Administrator privileges and click 'Install'.

JScript example

//The first step is to create a configuration object (where you register plugins, configure stuff, etc.)
var c = new ActiveXObject("ImageResizer.Configuration.Config");

//This is how you install a plugin
var p = new ActiveXObject("ImageResizer.Plugins.PrettyGifs.PrettyGifs");
p.Install(c);

//This is how you generate an image
c.BuildImage("..\\Images\\quality-original.jpg","grass.gif", "rotate=3&width=600&format=gif&colors=128");

// You can even get diagnostics output if something's not working
// c.WriteDiagnosticsTo("advancedScript-1.txt");

//You can create different configurations
var c2 = new ActiveXObject("ImageResizer.Configuration.Config");

//And use them separately
c2.BuildImage("..\\Images\\quality-original.jpg","grass-ugly.gif", "rotate=3&width=600&format=gif");

//c2.WriteDiagnosticsTo("advancedScript-2.txt");

VBScript example

Set c = CreateObject("ImageResizer.Configuration.Config")

c.BuildImage "..\\Images\\tractor.jpg", "tractor-rotated.jpg", "rotate=45"