ExtractMessage method (ILEADRasterProcess)

Visual Basic example

Visual C++ example

 

Syntax

short ExtractMessage (ILEADRaster* pRaster);

Overview

Refer to Non-Image Data

Remarks

(Document/Medical only) Extracts a message (text or file) from the specified bitmap, if the bitmap has an embedded message. The information of the extracted message is specified by the Message, Password, FileName , Directory, StartX, and StartY properties.

This method is used to extract the message that was added to the bitmap by the AddMessage method.

Before calling this method, you must set the Password, StartX, StartX, and Directory properties using the same information used for these properties when the message was added. The Message property will be updated with the extracted message. This method can extract a message from any type of lossless image format such as bmp, tiff, lossless jpeg, and so forth. If used with lossy format types the message may be corrupted or lost.

Support for 16-bit grayscale and 48-bit color images is available only in the Document/Medical toolkits.

This method supports signed data images.

See Also

Elements:

Message property, Password property, FileName property, Directory property, StartX property, StartY property, AddMessage method

Topics:

Raster Images: Getting and Setting File Information