RAD Studio VCL Reference

TPicture.SaveToFile Method
TPicture Class | TPicture Members | Graphics Namespace | Description | See Also
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Writes the picture to disk.

Pascal
procedure SaveToFile(const Filename: string);

C++
__fastcall SaveToFile(const AnsiString Filename);

Description
Use SaveToFile to save a TPicture object to the file specified in Filename. 
The saved picture can be loaded to another TPicture or to an appropriate TGraphic descendant by calling its LoadFromFile method.  
C++ Examples: 
 

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/*
This example converts a specified icon to a bitmap. To run
this example, add an image, a button, and an Open dialog to
a form. Name the button ConvertIcon2Bitmap, and add the
following code as its OnClick event handler.
*/

#include <memory> //for STL auto_ptr class

void __fastcall TForm1::ConvertIcon2BitmapClick(TObject *Sender)

{
OpenDialog1->DefaultExt = ".ICO";
OpenDialog1->Filter = "icons (*.ico)|*.ICO";
OpenDialog1->Options << ofOverwritePrompt << ofFileMustExist << ofHideReadOnly;
if (OpenDialog1->Execute())
{
std::auto_ptr<TIcon> pi(new Graphics::TIcon);
AnsiString as;
pi->LoadFromFile(OpenDialog1->FileName);
as = ChangeFileExt(OpenDialog1->FileName,".BMP");
Image1->Width = pi->Width;
Image1->Height = pi->Height;
Image1->Canvas->Draw(0, 0, pi.get());
Image1->Picture->SaveToFile(as);
ShowMessage(OpenDialog1->FileName + " Saved to " + as);
}
}

 
Delphi Examples: 

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{
This example converts a specified icon to a bitmap. To run
this example, add an image, a button, and an Open dialog to
a form. Name the button ConvertIcon2Bitmap, and add the
following code as its OnClick event handler.
}
procedure TForm1.ConvertIcon2BitmapClick(Sender: TObject);
var
s : string;
Icon: TIcon;
begin
OpenDialog1.DefaultExt := '.ICO';
OpenDialog1.Filter := 'icons (*.ico)|*.ICO';
OpenDialog1.Options := [ofOverwritePrompt, ofFileMustExist, ofHideReadOnly ];
if OpenDialog1.Execute then
begin
Icon := TIcon.Create;
try
Icon.Loadfromfile(OpenDialog1.FileName);
s:= ChangeFileExt(OpenDialog1.FileName,'.BMP');
Image1.Width := Icon.Width;
Image1.Height := Icon.Height;
Image1.Canvas.Draw(0,0,Icon);
 Image1.Picture.SaveToFile(s);
ShowMessage(OpenDialog1.FileName + ' Saved to ' + s);
finally
Icon.Free;
end;
end;
end;

See Also
LoadFromFile 
LoadFromFile

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