Picture Functions > PictureType

By default, VPE determines the type of an image that shall be imported or exported by its filename extension. If PictureType is other than PIC_TYPE_AUTO (the default = determining the file-type by its extension), the extension will be ignored and VPE is forced to use the specified file type.

If PIC_TYPE_AUTO is used for import, VPE is able to determine the image type not only by looking at the file suffix, but also by examining the file itself. So PIC_TYPE_AUTO will work in most cases even if the file suffix does not describe the image type. Example: you try to import a JPEG image with the name "test.001" and have set PictureType = PIC_TYPE_AUTO, even then VPE will detect that this is a JPEG file!

This property applies to image-file import and export.

property PictureType [long] VPE.PictureType

read / write; runtime only; also supported by TVPEObject

Possible Values:

ActiveX / VCL	Value	Enum	Comment
PIC_TYPE_AUTO	255	Auto	Automatic determination by filename-suffix (default)
PIC_TYPE_BMP	0	BMP	Windows-Bitmap
PIC_TYPE_WMF	5	WMF	WMF
PIC_TYPE_EMF	6	EMF	EMF
PIC_TYPE_TIFF	64	TIFF	TIFF-File
PIC_TYPE_GIF	65	GIF	GIF-File
PIC_TYPE_PCX	66	PCX	PCX-File
PIC_TYPE_JPEG	68	JPEG	JPEG-File
PIC_TYPE_PNG	69	PNG	PNG (Portable Network Graphic)
PIC_TYPE_ICO	70	ICO	ICO (Windows Icon)
PIC_TYPE_JNG	71	JNG	JNG (JPEG Network Graphics)
PIC_TYPE_KOALA	72	KOALA	KOA (C64 Koala Graphics)
PIC_TYPE_IFF	73	IFF	IFF/LBM (Interchangeable File Format - Amiga/Deluxe Paint)
PIC_TYPE_MNG	74	MNG	MNG (Multiple-Image Network Graphics)
PIC_TYPE_PBM	75	PBM	PBM (Portable Bitmap [ASCII])
PIC_TYPE_PBM_RAW	76	PBM_RAW	PBM (Portable Bitmap [RAW])
PIC_TYPE_PCD	77	PCD	PCD (Kodak PhotoCD)
PIC_TYPE_PGM	78	PGM	PGM (Portable Greymap [ASCII])
PIC_TYPE_PGM_RAW	79	PGM_RAW	PGM (Portable Greymap [RAW])
PIC_TYPE_PPM	80	PPM	PPM (Portable Pixelmap [ASCII])
PIC_TYPE_PPM_RAW	81	PPM_RAW	PPM (Portable Pixelmap [RAW])
PIC_TYPE_RAS	82	RAS	RAS (Sun Raster Image)
PIC_TYPE_TARGA	83	TARGA	TGA/TARGA (Truevision Targa)
PIC_TYPE_WBMP	84	WBMP	WAP/WBMP/WBM (Wireless Bitmap)
PIC_TYPE_PSD	85	PSD	PSD (Adobe Photoshop)
PIC_TYPE_CUT	86	CUT	CUT (Dr. Halo)
PIC_TYPE_XBM	87	XBM	XBM (X11 Bitmap Format)
PIC_TYPE_XPM	88	XPM	XPM (X11 Pixmap Format)
PIC_TYPE_DDS	89	DDS	DDS (DirectX Surface)
PIC_TYPE_HDR	90	HDR	HDR (High Dynamic Range Image)
PIC_TYPE_FAX_G3	91	FAX_G3	G3 (Raw fax format CCITT G.3)
PIC_TYPE_SGI	92	SGI	SGI (SGI Image Format)

Default:

PIC_TYPE_AUTO

Remarks:

Setting this property for a VPE Object that resides in a document can have unpredictable results. In contrast you may set this property for a VPE Object that resides in a template without problems, if the file name contains at least one field.

We recommend to set this flag to PIC_TYPE_AUTO always.

Example:

ActiveX / VCL:

Doc.PictureType = PIC_TYPE_TIFF

Doc.Picture(1, 1, VFREE, VFREE, "image.001")

Will import "image.001" as TIFF file.

.NET:

Doc.PictureType = PictureType.TIFF

Doc.Picture(1, 1, Doc.nFree, Doc.nFree, "image.001")

Will import "image.001" as TIFF file.