3.1.3 IMG_LoadTyped_RW

SDL_Surface *IMG_LoadTyped_RW(SDL_RWops *src, int freesrc, char *type)

src

The source SDL_RWops as a pointer. The image is loaded from this.

freesrc

A non-zero value mean is will automatically close/free the src for you.

type

A string that indicates which format type to interpret the image as.
Here is a list of the currently recognized strings (case is not important):

"TGA" "BMP" "PNM" "XPM" "XCF" "PCX" "GIF" "JPG" "TIF" "LBM" "PNG"

Load src for use as a surface. This can load all supported image formats. This method does not guarantee that the format specified by type is the format of the loaded image, except in the case when TGA format is specified (or any other non-magicable format). Using SDL_RWops is not covered here, but they enable you to load from almost any source.

Returns: a pointer to the image as a new SDL_Surface. NULL is returned on errors.

// load sample.tga into image SDL_Surface *image; image=IMG_Load_RW(SDL_RWFromFile("sample.tga", "rb"), 1, "TGA"); if(!image) { printf("IMG_Load_RW: %s\n", IMG_GetError()); // handle error }

See Also:
3.1.1 IMG_Load, 3.1.2 IMG_Load_RW