Function Reference


_GDIPlus_ImageGetType

Returns type (bitmap or metafile) of an image

#include <GDIPlus.au3>
_GDIPlus_ImageGetType ( $hImage )

Parameters

$hImage Handle to an image object

Return Value

Success: an integer of image type:
    $GDIP_IMAGETYPE_UNKNOWN - Non bitmap file or not identified as bitmap by GDI+
    $GDIP_IMAGETYPE_BITMAP - Bitmap types: BMP, PNG, GIF, JPEG, TIFF, ICO, EXIF
    $GDIP_IMAGETYPE_METAFILE - Metafile types: EMF, WMF
Failure: -1 and sets the @error flag to non-zero, @extended may contain GPSTATUS error code ($GPIP_ERR* see GPIPlusConstants.au3).
@error: 10 - Invalid image type.
11 - Invalid image handle.

Related

_GDIPlus_ImageGetRawFormat

See Also

Search GdipGetImageType in MSDN Library.

Example

#include <GDIPlus.au3>
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <ScreenCapture.au3>
#include <WinAPIHObj.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

Global $g_idMemo

Example()

Func Example()
        Local $hBitmap, $hImage, $iImageType, $sImageType

        ; Create GUI
        GUICreate("GDI+", 600, 400)
        $g_idMemo = GUICtrlCreateEdit("", 2, 2, 596, 396, $WS_VSCROLL)
        GUICtrlSetFont($g_idMemo, 9, 400, 0, "Courier New")
        GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

        ; Initialize GDI+ library
        _GDIPlus_Startup()

        ; Capture 32 bit bitmap
        $hBitmap = _ScreenCapture_Capture("")
        $hImage = _GDIPlus_BitmapCreateFromHBITMAP($hBitmap)

        $iImageType = _GDIPlus_ImageGetType($hImage)
        Switch $iImageType
                Case $GDIP_IMAGETYPE_UNKNOWN
                        $sImageType = "Unrecognized bitmap format or not image file"
                Case $GDIP_IMAGETYPE_BITMAP ; BMP, PNG, GIF, JPEG, TIFF, ICO, EXIF
                        $sImageType = "Bitmap"
                Case $GDIP_IMAGETYPE_METAFILE ; EMF, WMF
                        $sImageType = "Metafile"
        EndSwitch

        ; Show image type: Unidentified = 0, Bitmap = 1, Metafile = 2)
        MemoWrite("Image type: " & $sImageType);

        ; Clean up resources
        _GDIPlus_ImageDispose($hImage)
        _WinAPI_DeleteObject($hBitmap)

        ; Shut down GDI+ library
        _GDIPlus_Shutdown()

        ; Loop until the user exits.
        Do
        Until GUIGetMsg() = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
EndFunc   ;==>Example

; Write a line to the memo control
Func MemoWrite($sMessage = '')
        GUICtrlSetData($g_idMemo, $sMessage & @CRLF, 1)
EndFunc   ;==>MemoWrite