save images from a given folder to a vector

[Richard Evans]

Hi, I'm having an issue with a program I'm trying to write. The program's function is to take a user selected image and create a mosaic from other images in a particular folder. The function I am have trouble with is the one required to save each image to a vector from the folder. The folder is provided through the GUI. I'm confused on how exactly to do this. How can I load each image from the folder and save them to the global vector? I'm fairly new to c++. If you need other code let me know.

//globals
image myImage1;
vector <fillerImage> myFillers;
bool loadFillerImagesFromFolder(string folder) {
    ifstream inFile; // declare in file stream variable
    
    return false;
}

Thank you

[Richard Evans]

I really need some help with this. I know it has to be a simple answer, I just can't figure it out haha

[LB]

Richard Evans wrote:

I know it has to be a simple answer, I just can't figure it out

Hint: you can't figure it out because it is not a simple answer. It's extremely complex. I suggest using an image manipulation library. ;)

[Stewbond]

Check out SFML. The Graphics library contains an "image" class that loads an image from memory and prepares it for display in a window. Even if you don't use the class yourself, the source code is available if you want to figure out how they did it.

http://www.sfml-dev.org/tutorials/1.6/graphics-sprite.php

[Richard Evans]

Well I know how to load an individual image from a file and then displaying it in a QT window. The problem I'm having is loading around 900 images from a given folder into a data structure. I need the function to search through the folder and load each image it finds into the data structure. Thanks for your help I'll check those out.