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QUERY_BMP

Syntax | Return Value | Arguments | Keywords | Version History | See Also

QUERY_BMP is a method of obtaining information about a BMP image file without having to read the file. See QUERY_* Routines for more information.

Syntax

Result = QUERY_BMP ( Filename [, Info] )

Return Value

This routine returns a long with the value of 1 (one) if the query was successful (and the file type was correct) or 0 (zero) on failure.

Arguments

Filename

A scalar string containing the pathname of the BMP file to query.

Info

Returns an anonymous structure containing information about the image in the file. The Info.TYPE field will return the value `BMP'.


Note
See General Query * Routine Info Structures for detailed structure information.

Keywords

There are no keywords for this routine.

Version History

5.2
Introduced

See Also

QUERY_* Routines, READ_BMP, WRITE_BMP

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