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Method

Picture.GetData(format As String, quality As Integer = QualityDefault) As MemoryBlock

Supported for all project types and targets.

Converts the Picture to a MemoryBlock.

Notes

Valid formats are:

• Picture.FormatBMP (not supported in Console apps)
• Picture.FormatGIF (not supported in Console apps)
• Picture.FormatJPEG
• Picture.FormatPNG
• Picture.FormatTIFF (not supported in Console apps)

If you are using the JPEG format, then there is an optional parameter for the quality of the JPEG. You specify the quality using the following class constants instead of the literal values.

Introduced 2010r5

Constant	Value
QualityDefault	-1
QualityMax	100
QualityHigh	80
QualityMedium	50
QualityLow	25
QualityMin	0

Example

This example uses GetData to convert an image in an ImageWell into a MemoryBlock

Dim mb As MemoryBlock
If productImageWell.Image <> Nil Then
// Get the image data
mb = ProductImageWell.Image.GetData(Picture.FormatJPEG, Picture.QualityHigh)

// convert the memoryblock back into an image
Imagewell2.Image = Picture.FromData(mb)
End If