Methods > Operations > BitmapViewSaveToMemory method

Remarks

Creates a view (in form of memory bitmap referenced by a HBITMAP) of the waveform for recorded sound: the view can represent the full sound's waveform or portions of it.

Before calling this method it's mandatory performing a previous sound's analysis through a call to the AnalyzeSoundFromFile or AnalyzeSoundFromFileRaw methods and waiting its completion through the WaveAnalysisDone event.

Syntax

[Visual Basic]

control.BitmapViewSaveToMemory (

nStartPos as Long,

nEndPos as Long,

nBitmapWidth as Long,

nBitmapHeight as Long,

nWaveformType as enumWaveformTypes

) as Long

[C++]

long control.BitmapViewSaveToMemory (

long nStartPos,

long nEndPos,

long nBitmapWidth,

long nBitmapHeight,

short nWaveformType

);

Parameter

Description

nStartPos

Number representing the sound's position, expressed in milliseconds, where the waveform visualization begins.

The value 0 represents the sound's beginning.

nEndPos

Number representing the sound's position, expressed in milliseconds, where the waveform visualization ends.

The value -1 represents the sound's end.

nBitmapWidth

Number representing the generated bitmap width, expressed in pixels. A value of -1 indicates no width constraints: in this case the control will generate a bitmap large enough in order to contain the full sound's waveform.

nBitmapHeight

Number representing the generated bitmap height, expressed in pixels.

nWaveformType

The type of rendered waveform, related to the sound's channels.

Supported values are the following:

Mnemonic value	Value	Meaning
WAVEFORM_TYPE_LEFT	0	The bitmap contains sound data for the left channel
WAVEFORM_TYPE_RIGHT	1	The bitmap contains sound data for the right channel
WAVEFORM_TYPE_MIXED	2	The bitmap contains sound data for left and right mixed channels

Return value

Value	Meaning

0	An error occurred (check the LastError property for error details)
Value is not 0	The method call was successful and the returned value represents the handle (HBITMAP) of the waveform's bitmap stored in memory. When the returned HBITMAP is no more needed or before exiting the container application, in order to avoid memory leaks this handle should be deleted using the DeleteObject Windows API.