AddMessage method (ILEADRasterProcess)

Visual Basic example

Visual C++ example

 

Syntax

short AddMessage (ILEADRaster* pRaster);

Overview

Refer to Non-Image Data

Remarks

(Document/Medical only) Adds a message (text or file) to the specified bitmap. The message is specified by the Message, Password, FileName , Directory, StartX, and StartY properties.

The purpose of this method is for security since the message added will be embedded into the image without any visible changes and the resulting image has the same size as the original.

This method can add messages to any type of lossless image format such as bmp, tiff, lossless jpeg, and so forth. If used with lossy format types the message may be corrupted or lost.

This method supports 24 and 48-bit color images, and 8 and 16-bit grayscale images.

To extract the embedded message, use the ExtractMessage method.

This method supports signed data images.

See Also

Elements:

Message property, Password property, FileName property, Directory property, StartX property, StartY property, ExtractMessage method

Topics:

Raster Images: Getting and Setting File Information