Information Functions

These functions give you information about the ImageMan system or about individual images. An application can also setup a callback function to report loading or saving status.

ImgGetInfo returns LPBITMAPINFO containing such information as image height, width, color makeup, & various flags.

ImgGetInfoStruct Fills in a passed buffer with the BITMAPINFO data. Ideal for environments like VB that don't like pointers.

ImgGetExt returns string containing supported import extensions. The return value can be assigned directly to lpstrFilter in the OPENFILENAME structure passed to Windows common dialog functions.

ImgXGetExt returns string containing supported export extensions.

ImgGetPalette returns a handle to a Windows logical palette for a given image.

ImgSetStatusProc sets up a status function for a given image.

ImgSetDefaultStatusProc sets up a default status function.

ImgGetStatus returns the status of the most recent ImageMan operation.

ImgErrBox produces a message box for the most recent ImageMan error.

ImgErrString returns a string containing the text of the most recent ImageMan error.

ImgOptionNames returns a string containing the names of all the options in an opened image.

ImgOptionValue returns the value of a given option from an image.