RGtk2 (version 2.12.17)

gdkPixbufNewFromFile: gdkPixbufNewFromFile

Description

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 in the GDK_PIXBUF_ERROR and G_FILE_ERROR domains.

Usage

gdkPixbufNewFromFile(filename, .errwarn = TRUE)

Arguments

filename

[char] Name of file to load, in the GLib file name encoding

.errwarn

Whether to issue a warning on error or fail silently

Value

• A list containing the following elements:
• retval
  [GdkPixbuf] A newly-created pixbuf with a reference count of 1, or NULL if any of several error conditions occurred: the file could not be opened, there was no loader for the file's format, there was not enough memory to allocate the image buffer, or the image file contained invalid data.
• error
  [GError] Return location for an error