Re: Creating a pixbuf from non-BMP image data

[Olexiy Avramchenko <olexiy ctech cn ua>]

Murray Cumming wrote:
> gdk_pixbuf_new_from_file() can create a GdkPixbuf from various image
> formats. But gdk_pixbuf_new_from_data() can only take BMP-formatted
> images.
>
> If I know, for instance, that my buffer contains a PNG image, how can I
> create a GdkPixbuf for it, so I can display it? Do I really have to save
> it to a temporary file?
Just use GdkPixbufLoader. Create an object and feed it with data. Look 
at gtk-demo, "image.c" file for sample.

http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gdk-pixbuf/GdkPixbufLoader.html

	Olexiy