ImageGear for C and C++ on Windows v19.10 - Updated
Buffer Image Data
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Because of the way ISIS is designed, data is not copied from buffer to buffer as it moves from one driver to the next. Most ISIS drivers share a common buffer and each driver gets a FAR pointer to it. ISIS drivers that do compression and decompression are carefully designed not to modify this common buffer.