GdPictureImaging.TiffCreateMultiPageFromFile Method

Creates a new editable multipage tiff image based on an image file.

public int TiffCreateMultiPageFromFile(
    String FilePath
);

Visual Basic

Public Function TiffCreateMultiPageFromFile(
    ByVal FilePath As String
) As Integer

Parameters

Parameters	Description
FilePath	The path of the file to open. If this parameter is empty, prompts the user to select a file.

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 editable multipage tiff 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.

Related Topics

GetStat

Example

Draw page number on each page of a multipage tiff image

Copy Code

Dim i As Integer
Dim TiffImageID As Integer
Dim PageCount As Integer
Dim oGdPictureImaging As New GdPictureImaging
 
oGdPictureImaging.SetLicenseNumber("XXX") 'Replace XXX by a valid demo or commercial license key
oGdPictureImaging.TiffOpenMultiPageForWrite(True)
TiffImageID = oGdPictureImaging.TiffCreateMultiPageFromFile("input.tif")
PageCount = oGdPictureImaging.TiffGetPageCount(TiffImageID)
 
For i = 1 To PageCount
    oGdPictureImaging.TiffSelectPage(TiffImageID, i)
    oGdPictureImaging.DrawText(TiffImageID, "Page " & CStr(i) & " / " & CStr(PageCount), 50, 50, 10, FontStyle.FontStyleRegular, Color.Black, "Arial", True)
    oGdPictureImaging.ConvertTo1Bpp(TiffImageID) 'Comment this line to keep true color image
Next i
 
 
oGdPictureImaging.TiffSaveMultiPageToFile(TiffImageID, "output.tif", TiffCompression.TiffCompressionAUTO)
oGdPictureImaging.ReleaseGdPictureImage(TiffImageID)