CodecsAttachment Class

Summary

Properties of a single attachment in a file.

Syntax

C++/CLI

Python

public class CodecsAttachment

public: 
   ref class CodecsAttachment

class CodecsAttachment:

Remarks

CodecsAttachment contains the following members:

Member	Description
AttachmentNumber	1-based number of this attachment in the file. Required
FileName	File name of the attachment. Required
DisplayName	Display name of the attachment. May or may not be the same as FileName. Optional
Description	Extra description information of this attachment. Optional
FileLength	Length of the attachment file in bytes. Optional
TimeCreated](codecsattachment-timecreated.html)	Time the attachment file is created. Optional
TimeModified	Time the attachment file was last modified. Optional
Metadata	Generic dictionary containing extra properties of this attachment file. Optional

Example

using Leadtools; 
using Leadtools.Codecs; 
using Leadtools.ImageProcessing; 
using Leadtools.ImageProcessing.Color; 
using Leadtools.Svg; 
 
 
private static void ReadAttachmentsExample(string fileName, string outputDir) 
{ 
   using (RasterCodecs rasterCodecs = new RasterCodecs()) 
   { 
 
      int attachmentCount; 
 
      // Get information on the owner file 
      // This step is optional if we are not interested in determining whether the owner file format 
      // or whether it is a PDF portfolio. 
      using (CodecsImageInfo imageInfo = rasterCodecs.GetInformation(fileName, true)) 
      { 
         Debug.WriteLine("Information"); 
         Debug.WriteLine("Format:" + imageInfo.Format); 
         // If PDF, check if it is portfolio 
         if (imageInfo.Format == RasterImageFormat.RasPdf) 
            Debug.WriteLine("IsPortfolio:" + imageInfo.IsPortfolio); 
         attachmentCount = imageInfo.AttachmentCount; 
         Debug.WriteLine("Attachments:" + imageInfo.AttachmentCount); 
      } 
 
      // Read the properties of the attachments embedded in this file 
      CodecsAttachments attachments = rasterCodecs.ReadAttachments(fileName);  
 
      if (attachments == null) 
      { 
         // The format either: 
         // - Does not support attachments 
         // - LEADTOOLS does not support reading its attachments 
         Debug.WriteLine("Attachments is not supported for this file format"); 
         return; 
      } 
 
      // Sanity check 
      Debug.Assert(attachments.Count == attachmentCount); 
      Debug.Assert(attachments.OriginalFormat == RasterImageFormat.Unknown); 
 
      if (attachments.Count == 0) 
      { 
         Debug.WriteLine("No attachments to extract"); 
         return; 
      } 
 
      // Create the output directory if it does not exist 
      if (!Directory.Exists(outputDir)) 
         Directory.CreateDirectory(outputDir); 
 
      // Extract the attachments 
      foreach (CodecsAttachment attachment in attachments) 
      { 
         // Get the output file name 
         string outputFileName = Path.Combine(outputDir, attachment.FileName); 
 
         var description = attachment.Description; 
         var displayName = attachment.DisplayName; 
         var fileLength = attachment.FileLength; 
         var metaData = attachment.Metadata; 
         var timeCreated = attachment.TimeCreated; 
         var timeModified = attachment.TimeModified; 
                
         Debug.WriteLine("Extracting attachment to output file: " + outputFileName); 
         rasterCodecs.ExtractAttachment(fileName, attachment.AttachmentNumber, outputFileName); 
 
         // Show information on this attachment 
         try 
         { 
            using (CodecsImageInfo imageInfo = rasterCodecs.GetInformation(outputFileName, true)) 
            { 
               Debug.WriteLine($" attachment format is {imageInfo.Format} and has {imageInfo.TotalPages} pages"); 
            } 
         } 
         catch (Exception ex) 
         { 
            Debug.WriteLine($" attachment format could not be obtained, error {ex.Message}"); 
         } 
      } 
   } 
}

Requirements

Target Platforms

Reference

CodecsAttachment Members

Leadtools.Codecs Namespace

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