ICDrawOpen macro (vfw.h)

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02/22/2024

The ICDrawOpen macro opens a driver that can draw images with the specified format.

Syntax

void ICDrawOpen(
   fccType,
   fccHandler,
   lpbiIn
);

Parameters

fccType

Four-character code indicating the type of driver to open. For video streams, the value of this parameter is "VIDC" or ICTYPE_VIDEO.

fccHandler

Four-character code indicating the preferred stream handler to use. Typically, this information is stored in the stream header in an AVI file.

lpbiIn

Pointer to the structure defining the input format. A driver handle will not be returned unless it can decompress this format. For images, this parameter refers to a BITMAPINFOHEADER structure.

Return value

None

Remarks

The ICDrawOpen macro is defined as follows:


#define ICDrawOpen(fccType, fccHandler, lpbiIn) \
    ICLocate(fccType, fccHandler, lpbiIn, NULL, ICMODE_DRAW);

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]
Target Platform	Windows
Header	vfw.h