Method

VipsImagewrite_prepare

Declaration [src]

int
vips_image_write_prepare (
  VipsImage* image
)

Description [src]

Call this after setting header fields (width, height, and so on) to allocate resources ready for writing.

Normally this function is called for you by vips_image_generate() or vips_image_write_line(). You will need to call it yourself if you plan to write directly to the ->data member of a memory image.

Return value

Type: int

0 on success, or -1 on error.