<Image>.SaveGIF (Function)

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<Image>.SaveGIF (Function)

In french: <Image>.SauveGIF

Saves an image:

in a file in GIF format.
in memory.

This image corresponds to the image contained in a Image control.

Remarks:

Only the visible part of the Image control is saved.
This function enables you to save images for screen resolutions up to 32 bits.
This function cannot be used with the Image controls found in the reports.

Example

// Saves in memory the image found in "IMG_ImageDrawing"
ResSave = IMG_ImageDrawing.SaveGIF(inMemory)

// Saves the image found in "IMG_ImageDrawing" in "C:\Documents\Image.GIF"
ResSave = IMG_ImageDrawing.SaveGIF("C:\Documents\Image.GIF")

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 find out the error details, use ErrorInfo associated with the errMessage constant.

<Image control>: Control name

Name of control to use:
Name of Image control, Bar Code control or Web Camera control to use. The Image controls found in a report cannot be used.

<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

Name of Image control to use:
Name of Image control, Bar Code control or Web Camera control to use. The Image controls found in a report cannot be used.

<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 run will be saved in GIF format. To save this image, you can also use:

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

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