Re: gtkmm-list Digest, Vol 126, Issue 12

[Phil Wolff <adiabat centurylink net>]

Export from gimp as an .xpm file, and examine the result in a text 
editor -- it's c/c++ compatible. #include the file in your source code, 
and use Glib::RefPtr<Gdk::Pixbuf>create_from_xpm_data() to generate your 
pixbuf.

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>     1. Encode image in the file? (Philippe Coatmeur)
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> Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 18:11:03 +0100
> From: Philippe Coatmeur <philcm gnu org>
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> Subject: Encode image in the file?
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> Hi everyone
>
> I have this UI that displays an image using
>
> |add(*manage(new  Gtk::Image("image.png")));|
>
> But the app pulls it from the hard drive at each lauch, and if it's not
> there it's broken, etc.
>
> I tried that:
>
>
>       Glib::RefPtr<Gdk::Pixbuf> pic =
> Gdk::Pixbuf::create_from_file("image.png");
>       Gtk::Image* img = Gtk::manage(new Gtk::Image(pic));
>       add(*img);
>
> But it's even worse, if the image is missing at run time, it coredumps ;
> How can I encode image.png so that I can ship it in the code, so the app
> dont't have to find/read an image file?
>
> In GIMP I can save an image as "C source code" or "C header file" but
> not C++... I tried too.
>
> Cheers -Phil