RawTIFFExporter

A class to export RawBitmap to a TIFF format. The picture can be exported to a File or string.

This class uses RawBitmap that is defined in TypeLib instead of Xojo Pictures. RawBitmap can be used in console applications.

This class will also include ICC Color Profile if the RawBitmap had ICC Color profile on it.

The RawTIFFIExporter can export images with RGB or CMYK color spaces, either 8 bit per channel or 16 bit per channel, maintaining full precision.

Multiple images within same TIFF are supported.

This class uses libtiff which has the following copyright:

Copyright (c) 1988-1997 Sam Leffler
Copyright (c) 1991-1997 Silicon Graphics, Inc.

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Object
RawTIFFExporter

class RawTIFFExporter implements

IRawBitmapWriter

Properties

CompressionType (console safe)	Sets the compression type to use.
Information (console safe)	Property to add TIFF tags. (By default is nil)
ProgressHandler (console safe)	To get progress feedback then assign a a class instance that implements the IProgressHandlerV2 interface to this property.

Methods

AddBitmap (console safe)	Used to add multiple bitmaps when exporting to a TIFF that contains more than one image.
ClearBitmaps (console safe)	Clears all bitmaps that have been added.
GetLastErrorCode (console safe)	Gets the the last error number or zero if there was no error.
SaveBitmapsToFile (console safe)	Saves multiple bitmaps that have been added with the AddBitmap method to a single TIFF file.
SaveBitmapsToString (console safe)	Saves multiple bitmaps that have been added with the AddBitmap method to a single TIFF file that is returned as string.
SaveToFile (console safe)	Exports a RawBitmap picture to a TIFF file.
SaveToString (console safe)	Exports a picture formatted as TIFF to a String.