StartFeedGetInformation Method

public void StartFeedGetInformation( 
   bool totalPages,
   int pageNumber
)

public void StartFeedGetInformation( 
   bool totalPages,
   int pageNumber
)

- (BOOL)startFeedGetInformation:(BOOL)totalPages pageNumber:(NSInteger)pageNumber error:(NSError **)error

public FeedCallbackThunk startFeedGetInformation(boolean totalPages, int pageNumber)

 function Leadtools.Codecs.RasterCodecs.StartFeedGetInformation( 
   totalPages ,
   pageNumber 
)

public:
void StartFeedGetInformation( 
   bool totalPages,
   int pageNumber
) 

'Declaration
 

Public Sub StartFeedGetInformation( _
   ByVal totalPages As Boolean, _
   ByVal pageNumber As Integer _
) 

'Usage
 

Dim instance As RasterCodecs
Dim totalPages As Boolean
Dim pageNumber As Integer
 
instance.StartFeedGetInformation(totalPages, pageNumber)

Parameters

totalPages

true to query the file for total number of pages; false, otherwise.

pageNumber

1-based index to the page number to query.

You must call the FeedGetInformation method to supply buffered data, and you must call StopFeedGetInformation when the process is complete.

This file information process is useful when receiving transmitted images, such as those on the Internet. It works the same way as the GetInformation method, except that your code supplies the image data. The file information process works as follows:

1. You call the StartFeedGetInformation method to initialize the file information process.

2. You create a buffer, and each time you fill it with information, you call the FeedGetInformation method, which sends the data to the file information process just as if the data were being read from a file on disk.

   If the FeedGetInformation returns true, this means the frameworks does not have enough data to get the information required; you must read more data and call the FeedGetInformation again. When FeedGetInformation returns false, the framework has gathered enough data and you can break out of the loop.

3. At any time after calling StartFeedGetInformation, you can call CancelFeedGetInformation to gracefully abort the feed operation. This allows you to end the feed process without throwing an exception.
4. To end the file information process, you call the StopFeedGetInformation method, which cleans up the process, and returns an instance of the CodecsImageInfo class if successful. If you call this method before enough image data is passed to gather the information, it will successfully clean up the process, but will throw an exception. You should catch the exception if the process is canceled purposely.

This method cannot be used in combination with StartRedirecting.

Specifying true for totalPages can cause the process to be slow for files with large number of pages.

This example will use feed information to get information about an image from an URL

Imports Leadtools
Imports Leadtools.Codecs
Imports Leadtools.ImageProcessing
Imports Leadtools.ImageProcessing.Color
Imports Leadtools.Drawing
Imports Leadtools.Svg

      
Public Sub FeedGetInformationExample()
   Dim codecs As New RasterCodecs()
   Dim url As String = "https://www.leadtools.com/images/web-header.jpg"

   ' Create a WebRequest for the URL
   Dim request As WebRequest = WebRequest.Create(url)
   request.Proxy.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials

   ' reduce the timeout to 20 sec
   request.Timeout = 20000

   Dim response As WebResponse = request.GetResponse()

   Try
      Dim strm As Stream = response.GetResponseStream()

      ' Read chunks from the stream and feed load to the image
      codecs.StartFeedGetInformation(True, 1)

      Const bufferSize As Integer = 1024
      Dim buffer(bufferSize - 1) As Byte

      Dim more As Boolean

      Do
         System.Windows.Forms.Application.DoEvents()

         Dim read As Integer = strm.Read(buffer, 0, bufferSize)
         Console.WriteLine("Downloading {0} bytes", read)
         If (read > 0) Then
            more = codecs.FeedGetInformation(buffer, 0, read)
         Else
            ' no more image data in the stream
            more = False
         End If
      Loop While more
   Finally
      response.Close()
   End Try

   Dim info As CodecsImageInfo = codecs.StopFeedGetInformation()

   ' Clean up
   codecs.Dispose()

   ' Show the information
   Console.WriteLine(info.ToString())
End Sub

using Leadtools;
using Leadtools.Codecs;
using Leadtools.ImageProcessing;
using Leadtools.ImageProcessing.Color;
using Leadtools.Svg;

      
public void FeedGetInformationExample()
{
   RasterCodecs codecs = new RasterCodecs();
   string url = @"https://www.leadtools.com/images/page_graphics/leadlogo.png";

   // Create a WebRequest for the URL
   WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(url);
   request.Proxy.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;

   // reduce the timeout to 20 sec
   request.Timeout = 20000;

   WebResponse response = request.GetResponse();

   try
   {
      Stream strm = response.GetResponseStream();

      // Read chunks from the stream and feed load to the image
      codecs.StartFeedGetInformation(true, 1);

      const int bufferSize = 1024;
      byte[] buffer = new byte[bufferSize];

      bool more;

      do
      {
         System.Windows.Forms.Application.DoEvents();

         int read = strm.Read(buffer, 0, bufferSize);
         Console.WriteLine("Downloading {0} bytes", read);
         if (read > 0)
            more = codecs.FeedGetInformation(buffer, 0, read);
         else
         {
            // no more image data in the stream
            more = false;
         }
      }
      while (more);
   }
   finally
   {
      response.Close();
   }

   CodecsImageInfo info = codecs.StopFeedGetInformation();

   // Clean up
   codecs.Dispose();

   // Show the information
   Console.WriteLine(info.ToString());
}

//
//public async Task FeedGetInformationExample()
//{
//   RasterCodecs codecs = new RasterCodecs();

//   string url = @"https://www.leadtools.com/images/page_graphics/leadlogo.png";

//   // Create a WebRequest for the URL
//   WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(url);
//   request.Proxy.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;

//   WebResponse response = await request.GetResponseAsync();

//   try
//   {
//      Stream strm = response.GetResponseStream();

//      // Read chunks from the stream and feed load to the image
//      codecs.StartFeedGetInformation(true, 1);

//      const int bufferSize = 1024;
//      byte[] buffer = new byte[bufferSize];

//      bool more;

//      do
//      {
//         int read = strm.Read(buffer, 0, bufferSize);
//         console.info("Downloading {0} bytes", read);
//         if (read > 0)
//            more = codecs.FeedGetInformation(buffer, 0, read);
//         else
//         {
//            // no more image data in the stream
//            more = false;
//         }
//      }
//      while (more);
//   }
//   finally
//   {
//      response.Dispose();
//   }

//   CodecsImageInfo info = codecs.StopFeedGetInformation();

//   // Clean up
//   codecs.Dispose();

//   // Show the information
//   console.info(info.GetStringDescription());
//}
//

using Leadtools;
using Leadtools.Codecs;
using Leadtools.ImageProcessing;
using Leadtools.ImageProcessing.Color;

      
public async Task FeedGetInformationExample()
{
   RasterCodecs codecs = new RasterCodecs();
   string url = @"https://www.leadtools.com/images/page_graphics/leadlogo.png";

   // Create a WebRequest for the URL
   WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(url);
   request.Proxy.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;

   WebResponse response = await request.GetResponseAsync();

   try
   {
      Stream strm = response.GetResponseStream();

      // Read chunks from the stream and feed load to the image
      codecs.StartFeedGetInformation(true, 1);

      const int bufferSize = 1024;
      byte[] buffer = new byte[bufferSize];

      bool more;

      do
      {
         int read = strm.Read(buffer, 0, bufferSize);
         Debug.WriteLine("Downloading {0} bytes", read);
         if (read > 0)
            more = codecs.FeedGetInformation(buffer, 0, read);
         else
         {
            // no more image data in the stream
            more = false;
         }
      }
      while (more);
   }
   finally
   {
      response.Dispose();
   }

   CodecsImageInfo info = codecs.StopFeedGetInformation();

   // Clean up
   codecs.Dispose();

   // Show the information
   Debug.WriteLine(info.GetStringDescription());
}

Target Platforms

Reference

RasterCodecs Class
RasterCodecs Members