GMImage.WriteToTiffContainer

Writes the picture in TIFF format to a container value which you can store in a container field.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Example	Flags
ImageRef	The image reference number.	1
Filename	The file name to use for the container. Default is "image.tif"	"ball.tif"	Optional

Result

Returns a container value.

Description

Examples

Get a container value from the picture in Tiff format.

MBS( "GMImage.WriteToTIFFContainer"; $MyImageRef; "logo.tif" )

Convert image to 1 bit TIFF:

# Load from container
$Image = MBS("GMImage.NewFromContainer"; GraphicsMagick::image);

# make black and white with threshold
$Result = MBS("GMImage.Threshold";$Image; 127);

# mark as monochrome image
$Result = MBS("GMImage.SetMonochrome";$Image; 1);

# set type to 1 for black/white
$Result = MBS("GMImage.SetType";$Image; 1);

# set to use TIFF for compression
$Result = MBS("GMImage.SetMagick";$Image; "TIFF");

# set to use CCITT 4 Fax compression
$Result = MBS("GMImage.SetCompressType";$Image; 4);

# and write to a file
$Result = MBS("GMImage.WriteToTiffContainer"; $Image; "test.tif");

# cleanup
$Error = MBS("GMImage.Release";$Image)

See also

• GMImage.Release
• GMImage.SetMagick
• GMImage.SetMonochrome
• GMImage.Threshold
• GMImage.WriteToContainer
• GMImage.WriteToGIFContainer
• GMImage.WriteToJPEGContainer
• GMImage.WriteToPDFContainer
• GMImage.WriteToPNGContainer
• Plugin.SetPreviewSize

Example Databases

• GraphicsMagick/Split Multi Tiff

Blog Entries

• GraphicsMagick in FileMaker, part 3
• [ANN] MBS FileMaker Plugin 4.4 for OS X/Windows - More than 2800 Functions In One Plugin
• MBS Filemaker Plugin, version 4.4pr6

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Created 16th October 2014, last changed 24th March 2022

GMImage.WriteToPNGContainer - GMImage.WriteToWebPContainer