Constructor
GdkPixbufPixbufnew_from_file
Declaration [src]
GdkPixbuf*
gdk_pixbuf_new_from_file (
const char* filename,
GError** error
)
Description [src]
Creates a new pixbuf by loading an image from a file.
The file format is detected automatically.
If NULL
is returned, then error
will be set. Possible errors are:
- the file could not be opened
- there is no loader for the file’s format
- there is not enough memory to allocate the image buffer
- the image buffer contains invalid data
The error domains are GDK_PIXBUF_ERROR
and G_FILE_ERROR
.
Parameters
filename |
const char* |
Name of file to load, in the GLib file name encoding. |
|
The data is owned by the caller of the function. | |
The value is a file system path, using the OS encoding. | |
error |
GError ** |
The return location for a GError* , or NULL . |
Return value
Returns: | GdkPixbuf |
A newly-created pixbuf. |
|
The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it. | |
The return value can be NULL . |