ImageGear Professional v18.2 > API Reference Guide > Vector Component API Reference > Vector Component Functions Reference > Raster Functions > IG_vect_raster_set_fileformat |
This function assigns a file format to the raster entity to allow saving it automatically as a reference in SVG images.
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AT_ERRCOUNT ACCUAPI IG_vect_raster_set_fileformat(
HIG_VECT_ENTITY hEntity,
long nFormat
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Name | Type | Description |
hEntity | HIG_VECT_ENTITY | Handle to the Entity. |
nFormat | long | File format identifier. |
Returns 0 if successful. Otherwise, returns the number of ImageGear errors that occurred during this function call.
This function does not process image pixels.
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If raster file name is an empty string, or starts with "data:image", SVG filter embeds raster data to the image file, otherwise it saves it in a separate file, using the format specified by IG_vect_raster_set_fileformat, and references it in the vector file.
According to the SVG specification, readers shall support at least PNG and JPEG formats.