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Chapter 3 - Standard Image-Compression Dialog Components / Standard Image-Compression Dialog Components Reference

Standard Image-Compression Dialog Component Functions / Compressing Still Images

SCCompressPictureFile

The SCCompressPictureFile function compresses a picture that is stored in a file.

pascal ComponentResult SCCompressPictureFile 
                              (ComponentInstance ci, 
                               short srcRefNum, short dstRefNum);

ci

Identifies your application's connection to a standard image-compression dialog component.

srcRefNum

Contains a reference to the file to be compressed.

dstRefNum

Contains a reference to the file that is to receive the compressed data. This may be the same as the source file. The standard dialog component places the compressed image data into the file identified by this reference. Your application is responsible for this file after the compression operation.

RESULT CODES

scUserCancelled

1

Dialog box canceled--user clicked Cancel

Image Compression Manager errors (from FCompressPictureFile function)

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