AEU Meeting Date 3 Feb 2027 starting at 18:00 UK Time (UTC+1)	Last Updated 11 Nov 2026

Meeting Details:

This Access Europe meeting will be on Wednesday 3 Feb 2027 starting at 18:00 UK time (6PM UTC) and finishing at about 19:30 (7.30PM)

The start time is equivalent to 19:00 (7PM) in Central Europe and 10AM in Seattle/PST

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Topic outline:

This presentation will be led by UK based developer, Kallun Willock.

Many VBA developers will be familiar with the very handy Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) method of handling images.
In this talk, Kallun will introduce the Windows Imaging Component (WIC), a native Windows framework that provides support for a wider range of image formats than that available via WIA, including SVG and WebP, HEIC, as well as animated GIFs.

He has developed an all-encompassing class that does all the hard work, and allows users to do all the things they would expect from existing solutions:
•   loading and saving images
•   resizing and interpolation
•   accessing image metadata (including EXIF)
•   working with different image formats.

Kallun will compare WIC with more familiar approaches (WIA/GDI), and show how WIC has enhanced interoperability with other parts of the Windows ecosystem that allows us to apply advanced image effects and filters.

A limited working example by Jaafar Tribak is already available on the MrExcel forum: Blurring images using Direct2D & Windows Imaging Component



Background:


Kallun Willock is a lawyer and a hobbyist VBA enthusiast, forever looking for ways to solve mundane and time-consuming office tasks. He readily admits to having a pathological need to test the very edges of VBA's capabilities, and tends to respond to claims that something cannot be done in VBA with an abrupt, "Hold my beer..."



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Colin Riddington	Mendip Data Systems	Last Updated 11 Nov 2026

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