<Image>.SaveGIF (Function)

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<Image>.SaveGIF (Function)

In french: <Image>.SauveGIF

Example

Syntax

Saving an image in a file in GIF format Hide the details

<Result> = <Image control>.SaveGIF(<File name> [, <Number of colors>])

<Result>: Boolean

True if the image was saved,
False otherwise. To get more details on the error, use ErrorInfo with the errMessage constant.

<Image control>: Control name

<File name>: Character string

Name and full (or relative) path of GIF file. A UNC path can be used. The file extension is optional.
Caution:
The destination directory must exist in order for the image to be saved.
The existence of the GIF file is not checked. This file is automatically overwritten if it already exists.

<Number of colors>: Optional integer

Number of colors for the image saved. Value included between 16 and 256 (256 by default). This parameter corresponds to the number of colors proposed in the color palette when using the GIF file.

Saving an image in memory Hide the details

<Result> = <Image control>.SaveGIF(<inMemory> [, <Number of colors>])

<Result>: Buffer

Byte string containing the image in GIF format.
Then, this byte string can be assigned to an Image control, saved in a file (fSaveText), sent via a network (with the Socket functions), ...

<Image control>: Control name

<inMemory>: Constant

inMemory: Constant used to save an image in memory.

<Number of colors>: Optional integer

Number of colors for the image saved. Value included between 16 and 256 (256 by default). This parameter corresponds to the number of colors proposed in the color palette when using the GIF file.

Remarks

Image found in a Web Camera control

Only the image displayed when <Image>.SaveGIF is executed is saved as a GIF image. To save this image, you can also use:

function <Camera>.Capture: the image will be saved in BMP format.
the <Image>.SaveBMP function: the image will be saved in BMP or memory format.
the <Image>.SaveJPEG function: the image will be saved in JPEG format or in memory.
the <Image>.SavePNG function: the image will be saved in PNG format or in memory.

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