GdPictureImaging.CreateGdPictureImageFromHTTP Method

Creates a new GdPicture Image from an image file stored in a distant server using HTTP protocol.

public int CreateGdPictureImageFromHTTP(
    String Host, 
    String Path, 
    int HTTPPort
);

Visual Basic

Public Function CreateGdPictureImageFromHTTP(
    ByVal Host As String, 
    ByVal Path As String, 
    ByVal HTTPPort As Integer
) As Integer

Parameters

Parameters	Description
Host	The host server. IE: www.gdpicture.com
Path	The image file path into the distant server .IE: /images/nature.jpg
HTTPPort	The HTTP port number used. Usually 80 or 443 to use https transfert mode.

Returns

0: The image could not created. Use the GetStat() function to determine the reason this function failed.

Non-zero: GdPicture Image Identifier. The created image.

Remarks

If success, set the created image as a GdPicture image.

Supported formats are RAW, PICT, BMP, DIB, RLE, ICO, EMF, WMF, GIF, ANIMATED GIF, JPEG, JPG, JPE, JFIF, PNG, TIFF, MULTIPAGE TIFF, PNM, PPM, PBM, PGM, PFM, RPPM, RPGM, RPBM, PCX, XPM, XBM, WBMP, TGA, SGI, Sun RAS, PSD, MNG, Kodak PhotoCD files, KOALA files, JP2, J2K, JNG, JBIG, IFF, HDR, Raw Fax G3, EXR, DDS and Dr. Halo files.

Note for multipage images (TIFF and GIF):

By default, the class loads multipage images (GIF and TIFF) as read only.

If you want to open multipage images as read & write, you should the TiffOpenMultiPageForWrite() function for tiff files or the GifOpenMultiFrameForWrite() function for gif files.