L_ExtractMessageFromBitmap

#include "l_bitmap.h"

L_LTIMG_API L_INT L_ExtractMessageFromBitmap(pBitmap, pAddMesgInfo)

pBITMAPHANDLE pBitmap;	/* pointer to the bitmap handle */
pADDMESGINFO pAddMesgInfo;	/* pointer to a structure */

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 pAddMesgInfo parameter. This function is available in the Document/Medical Toolkits.

Parameter	Description
pBitmap	Pointer to the bitmap handle referencing the destination bitmap. This is the bitmap from which the function extracts the message.
pAddMesgInfo	Pointer to an ADDMESGINFO structure that contains information about the extracted message.

Returns

SUCCESS	The function was successful.
< 1	An error occurred. Refer to Return Codes.

Comments

This function is used to extract the message that was added to the bitmap by the function L_AddMessageToBitmap.

Before calling this function, you must declare a variable of data type ADDMESGINFO. Set the pPassword, pStart, pDirectory members of the structure using the same information used for these members when the message was added. You can then pass the address of this structure in the pAddMesgInfo parameter, which this function will update with the extracted message.

This function 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.

This function supports 24- and 48-bit images, and 8- and 16-bit grayscale images.

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

To update a status bar or detect a user interrupt during execution of this function, refer to L_SetStatusCallback.

This function does not support 32-bit grayscale images. It returns the error code ERROR_GRAY32_UNSUPPORTED if a 32-bit grayscale image is passed to this function.

Required DLLs and Libraries

LTIMGEFX

For a listing of the exact DLLs and Libraries needed, based on the toolkit version, refer to Files To Be Included With Your Application.

Platforms

Windows 2000 / XP/Vista.

See Also

Functions:	L_AddMessageToBitmap
Topics:	Raster Image Functions: Getting and Setting File Information
	Non-Image Data

Example

This example loads a bitmap that has an embedded message and extracts the message from it.

 L_INT ExtractMessageFromBitmapExample(L_VOID)
{
   BITMAPHANDLE pBitmap;
   pADDMESGINFO pAddMesgInfo;
   L_INT nRet;
   L_TCHAR szBuf[200];

   pAddMesgInfo = (pADDMESGINFO) GlobalAllocPtr(GHND, sizeof(ADDMESGINFO));
   if(!pAddMesgInfo)
      return ERROR_NO_MEMORY;

   pAddMesgInfo->uStructSize =  sizeof(ADDMESGINFO);

   /* Load the bitmap, using the bits per pixel used for the file */
   nRet = L_LoadBitmap(TEXT("C:\\Program Files\\LEAD Technologies\\LEADTOOLS 15\\Images\\IMAGE1.CMP"), &pBitmap, sizeof(BITMAPHANDLE), 0, ORDER_BGR, NULL, NULL);
   if(nRet !=SUCCESS)
      return nRet;

   memset(pAddMesgInfo, 0, sizeof(ADDMESGINFO));

   /*Extract the message from the image in the default position and with the default password */
    nRet = L_ExtractMessageFromBitmap(&pBitmap, pAddMesgInfo);
   /*Determine whether the extracted message is text or file */
   if(nRet == SUCCESS)
   {
         if(pAddMesgInfo->pStrMsg != NULL)
         {
            wsprintf (szBuf, TEXT("%s"), pAddMesgInfo->pStrMsg);
            MessageBox(NULL, szBuf, TEXT("Extracted Message"), MB_OK);
         }
         else if(pAddMesgInfo->pFileName != NULL)
         {
            wsprintf (szBuf, TEXT("%s"), pAddMesgInfo->pFileName);
            MessageBox(NULL, szBuf, TEXT("Extracted File"), MB_OK);
         }
         else
            MessageBox(NULL, TEXT("There is no Message!"), TEXT("Error"), MB_OK);
   }
   else
         MessageBox(NULL, TEXT("No message"), TEXT("Error"), MB_OK);

   /*Free the temporary buffers. */
   if(pAddMesgInfo->pStrMsg)
      GlobalFreePtr(pAddMesgInfo->pStrMsg);

   if(pAddMesgInfo->pFileName)
      GlobalFreePtr(pAddMesgInfo->pFileName);

   if(pAddMesgInfo)
      GlobalFreePtr(pAddMesgInfo);

   nRet = L_SaveBitmap(TEXT("C:\\Program Files\\LEAD Technologies\\LEADTOOLS 15\\Images\\Result.BMP"), &pBitmap, FILE_BMP, 24, 0, NULL);
   if(nRet !=SUCCESS)
      return nRet;
   //free bitmap 
   if(pBitmap.Flags.Allocated)  
      L_FreeBitmap(&pBitmap);  
   return SUCCESS;
}