newFromFile

fun newFromFile(filename: String): <Error class: unknown class><Pixbuf>

Creates a new pixbuf by loading an image from a file.

The file format is detected automatically.

If NULL is returned, then @error will be set. Possible errors are:

  • the file could not be opened

  • there is no loader for the file's format

  • there is not enough memory to allocate the image buffer

  • the image buffer contains invalid data

The error domains are GDK_PIXBUF_ERROR and G_FILE_ERROR.

Return

A newly-created pixbuf

Parameters

filename

Name of file to load, in the GLib file name encoding