Manual Pages for UNIX Operating System command usage for man XCreateBitmapFromData

XLIB FUNCTIONS                              XReadBitmapFile(3x11)



NAME
     XReadBitmapFile, XReadBitmapFileData, XWriteBitmapFile,
     XCreatePixmapFromBitmapData, XCreateBitmapFromData - manipu-
     late bitmaps

SYNTAX
     cc [ flag... ] file... -lX11 [ library... ]

     int XReadBitmapFile(Display *display, Drawable d, char
          *filename, unsigned int *width_return, unsigned int
          *height_return, Pixmap *bitmap_return, int
          *x_hot_return, int *y_hot_return);

     int XReadBitmapFileData(char *filename, unsigned int
          *width_return, unsigned int *height_return, unsigned
          char *data_return, int *x_hot_return, int
          *y_hot_return);

     int XWriteBitmapFile(Display *display, char *filename, Pix-
          map bitmap, unsigned int width, unsigned int height,
          int x_hot, int y_hot);

     Pixmap XCreatePixmapFromBitmapData(Display *display, Draw-
          able d, char *data, unsigned int width, unsigned int
          height, unsigned long fg, unsigned long bg, unsigned
          int depth);

     Pixmap XCreateBitmapFromData(Display *display, Drawable d,
          char *data, unsigned int width, unsigned int height);

ARGUMENTS
     bitmap    Specifies the bitmap.

     bitmap_return
               Returns the bitmap that is created.

     d         Specifies the drawable that indicates the screen.

     data      Specifies the data in bitmap format.

     data      Specifies the location of the bitmap data.

     data_return
               Returns the bitmap data.

     depth     Specifies the depth of the pixmap.

     display   Specifies the connection to the X server.

     fg
     bg        Specify the foreground and background pixel values
               to use.



X Version 11        Last change: libX11 1.3.5                   1






XLIB FUNCTIONS                              XReadBitmapFile(3x11)



     filename  Specifies the file name to use.  The format of the
               file name is operating-system dependent.

     width
     height    Specify the width and height.

     width_return
     height_return
               Return the width and height values of the read in
               bitmap file.

     x_hot
     y_hot     Specify where to place the hotspot coordinates (or
               -1,-1 if none are present) in the file.

     x_hot_return
     y_hot_return
               Return the hotspot coordinates.

DESCRIPTION
     The XReadBitmapFile function reads in a file containing a
     bitmap.  The file is parsed in the encoding of the current
     locale.  The ability to read other than the standard format
     is implementation-dependent.  If the file cannot be opened,
     XReadBitmapFile returns BitmapOpenFailed.  If the file can
     be opened but does not contain valid bitmap data, it returns
     BitmapFileInvalid.  If insufficient working storage is allo-
     cated, it returns BitmapNoMemory.  If the file is readable
     and valid, it returns BitmapSuccess.

     XReadBitmapFile returns the bitmap's height and width, as
     read from the file, to width_return and height_return.  It
     then creates a pixmap of the appropriate size, reads the
     bitmap data from the file into the pixmap, and assigns the
     pixmap to the caller's variable bitmap. The caller must free
     the bitmap using XFreePixmap when finished.  If name_x_hot
     and name_y_hot exist, XReadBitmapFile returns them to
     x_hot_return and y_hot_return; otherwise, it returns -1,-1.

     XReadBitmapFile can generate BadAlloc and BadDrawable
     errors.

     The XReadBitmapFileData function reads in a file containing
     a bitmap, in the same manner as XReadBitmapFile, but returns
     the data directly rather than creating a pixmap in the
     server.  The bitmap data is returned in data_return; the
     client must free this storage when finished with it by cal-
     ling XFree.  The status and other return values are the same
     as for XReadBitmapFile.

     The XWriteBitmapFile function writes a bitmap out to a file
     in the X Version 11 format.  The name used in the output



X Version 11        Last change: libX11 1.3.5                   2






XLIB FUNCTIONS                              XReadBitmapFile(3x11)



     file is derived from the file name by deleting the directory
     prefix.  The file is written in the encoding of the current
     locale.  If the file cannot be opened for writing, it
     returns BitmapOpenFailed.  If insufficient memory is allo-
     cated, XWriteBitmapFile returns BitmapNoMemory; otherwise,
     on no error, it returns BitmapSuccess.  If x_hot and y_hot
     are not -1, -1, XWriteBitmapFile writes them out as the
     hotspot coordinates for the bitmap.

     XWriteBitmapFile can generate BadDrawable and BadMatch
     errors.

     The XCreatePixmapFromBitmapData function creates a pixmap of
     the given depth and then does a bitmap-format XPutImage of
     the data into it.  The depth must be supported by the screen
     of the specified drawable, or a BadMatch error results.

     XCreatePixmapFromBitmapData can generate BadAlloc and Bad-
     Match errors.

     The XCreateBitmapFromData function allows you to include in
     your C program (using #include) a bitmap file that was writ-
     ten out by XWriteBitmapFile (X version 11 format only)
     without reading in the bitmap file.  The following example
     creates a gray bitmap:

     #include "gray.bitmap"
     Pixmap bitmap;
     bitmap = XCreateBitmapFromData(display, window, gray_bits, gray_width, gray_height);

     If insufficient working storage was allocated, XCreateBit-
     mapFromData returns None.  It is your responsibility to free
     the bitmap using XFreePixmap when finished.

     XCreateBitmapFromData can generate a BadAlloc error.

DIAGNOSTICS
     BadAlloc  The server failed to allocate the requested
               resource or server memory.

     BadDrawable
               A value for a Drawable argument does not name a
               defined Window or Pixmap.

     BadMatch  An InputOnly window is used as a Drawable.

SEE ALSO
     XCreatePixmap(3x11), XPutImage(3x11)
     Xlib - C Language X Interface






X Version 11        Last change: libX11 1.3.5                   3






XLIB FUNCTIONS                              XReadBitmapFile(3x11)



ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attri-
     butes:

     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | x11/library/libx11          |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Interface Stability         | Committed                   |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | MT-Level                    | See XInitThreads(3X11)      |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|










































X Version 11        Last change: libX11 1.3.5                   4