Picture Functions > VpeSetPictureType

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.

void VpeSetPictureType(

VpeHandle hDoc,

long type

)

VpeHandle hDoc

Document Handle or VPE Object Handle (Template VPE Object only)

long type

possible values are:

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

Example:

VpeSetPictureType(hDoc, PIC_TYPE_TIFF)

VpePicture(hDoc, 1, 1, VFREE, VFREE, "image.001")

Will import "image.001" as TIFF file.