public bool RenderToFile(
	string filename,
	SoOffscreenRenderAreaOutputFormats outputFormat
)

Public Function RenderToFile ( 
	filename As String,
	outputFormat As SoOffscreenRenderAreaOutputFormats
) As Boolean

public:
bool RenderToFile(
	String^ filename, 
	SoOffscreenRenderAreaOutputFormats outputFormat
)

member RenderToFile : 
        filename : string * 
        outputFormat : SoOffscreenRenderAreaOutputFormats -> bool 

Parameters

filename

Type: SystemString

path and name of the image file to be generated. If the file extension is not one of the above type, no file is generated.

outputFormat

Type: OIV.InventorSoOffscreenRenderAreaOutputFormats

defines which components to write to the output. If set to OIV.Inventor.SoOffscreenRenderArea.OutputFormats.RGBA, the alpha component of the rendering is also written to the file. However if the targeted file type does not support alpha component, the file will be generated with OIV.Inventor.SoOffscreenRenderArea.OutputFormats.RGB components only. See the 3rd column of the above table.

Return Value

The format of the generated image is chosen automatically according to the file extension. Returns true if successful.

If your application needs more control over creation of the file, please see the OIV.Inventor.SoOffscreenRenderArea.RenderToBuffer(OIV.Inventor.Devices.SoBufferObject, OIV.Inventor.SoOffscreenRenderArea.OutputFormats) method.

Supported file types are:

extension file (case insensitive)	raster image type	Alpha Component Support
.bmp	Windows bitmap	YES
.dds	DirectDraw surface	YES
.gif	Graphics Interchange Format	YES
.hdr	hdr	NO
.jp2, .j2c, .j2k, .jpc, .jpx, .ecw, .ecwp	jpeg 2000	YES
.jpg, .jpeg, .jif, .jfif	Joint Photographic Experts Group	NO
.png	Portable Network Graphics	YES
.ps	PostScript	NO
.rgb .sgi	sgi	YES
.tif .tiff	Tagged Image File Format	YES

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