Description
Saves a picture and optionally overlay ink to a file from an InkPicture control.
Applies to
Syntax
PowerBuilder
integer dwcontrol.SaveInkPic ( string name, long rownumber, string filename , integer format {, boolean withink } )
Argument |
Description |
---|---|
dwcontrol |
A reference to a DataWindow control. |
name |
The name of the InkPicture control from which you want to save the picture. |
rownumber |
The number of the row that contains the picture to be saved. |
filename |
A string containing the name and location of a file that will hold the picture in the control. |
format |
An integer specifying the format in which the picture is to be saved. Values are: 0 -- BMP (bitmap) 1 -- JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) 2 -- GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) 3 -- TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) 4 -- PNG (Portable Network Graphics) |
withink (optional) |
A boolean specifying whether overlay ink should be saved with the picture. Values are: True -- overlay ink is saved with the picture (default) False -- overlay ink is not saved with the picture |
Return value
Integer.
Returns 1 for success and -1 for failure.
Usage
Use the SavInkPic method to save the image in an InkPicture control in a DataWindow to a file with or without any ink annotations that have been made to it. By default, the ink is saved with the image.
Examples
The following example saves the image in an InkPicture control in row 3 of a DataWindow object into a GIF file without any ink annotations:
int li_return string ls_pathname, ls_filename GetFileSaveName("Save As", ls_pathname, & ls_filename, "GIF") li_return = dw_1.SaveInk(inkpic_1, 3, & ls_pathname, 2, false)
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