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L_EnableFastFileInfo

Summary

Enables or disables fast file info processing.

Syntax

#include "l_bitmap.h"

L_LTFIL_API L_BOOL L_EnableFastFileInfo(bEnable)

Parameters

L_BOOL bEnable

Flag that specifies whether or not to enable fast file info processing. Possible values are:

Value	Meaning
TRUE	Enables fast file info processing.
FALSE	Disables fast file info processing.

Returns

Value	Meaning
TRUE or FALSE	The previous value for this setting.

Comments

This function causes the LEADTOOLS File Information / Load functions to only check the files signature when trying to determine the files format.

The default behavior when calling LEADTOOLS File Information and Load functions, is that if the files signature does not match one of the known file format signatures, then LEADTOOLS will allow each of the available file format filters a chance to properly identify the files format. This can both slow down an application and unnecessarily use up system resources if the application attempts to load files of an unsupported format (i.e. non-image files).

When Fast File Info is enabled, the file will be rejected if the signature does not match one of the known file format signatures and thus the file format dlls will not unnecessarily be loaded or called.

You must call this function prior to calling any LEADTOOLS File Information or Load/Save functions.