Constructor

GdkPixbufPixbufAnimationnew_from_file

Declaration [src]

GdkPixbufAnimation*
gdk_pixbuf_animation_new_from_file (
  const char* filename,
  GError** error
)

Description [src]

Creates a new animation by loading it from a file.

The file format is detected automatically.

If the file’s format does not support multi-frame images, then an animation with a single frame will be created.

Possible errors are in the GDK_PIXBUF_ERROR and G_FILE_ERROR domains.

Parameters

filename const char*
 

Name of file to load, in the GLib file name encoding.

 The data is owned by the caller of the function.
 The value is a file system path, using the OS encoding.
error GError **
  The return location for a GError*, or NULL.

Return value

Returns: GdkPixbufAnimation
 

A newly-created animation.

 The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.
 The return value can be NULL.