RISsetType(3DTM) DTM RISsetType(3DTM)
DTM Version 2.0 DTM Version 2.0
29 November 1993
NAME
RISsetType, RISgetType - Raster image typing macros.
SYNOPSIS
#include <ris.h>
RISsetType(char *header, RISTYPE raster_type)
RISgetType(char *header, RISTYPE *raster_type)
DESCRIPTION
RISsetType inserts into the string header the tag RIStype immediately
followed by a tag identifying the raster_type of the image. The tag
type should be either RIS8BIT or RIS24BIT. See RISclass for more
information about these two types. It is up to the user to ensure
that the data type specified matches the data sent. RISsetType also
inserts the DTM type tag followed by the tag for the type DTM_CHAR.
This is set to ensure that each RISclass message can still be
considered a full-blown SDSclass with the data type DTM_CHAR.
RISgetType examines the string header, and if the RIStype tag if
found, sets the argument raster_type to be the following value. The
two defined values that can be returned are RIS8BIT and RIS24BIT. See
RISclass for more information about these two types. If the RIStype
tag was not found within the header, the raster_type argument receives
a default value of RIS8BIT.
SEE ALSO
DTM, RISclass
DIAGNOSTICS
RISgetType returns the error DTMERROR if the header does not contain
the tag RIStype or if no value follows the RIStype tag. In either
case, the value of raster_type still defaults to RIS8BIT.
BUGS
RISsetType has no way of determining if the header contains sufficient
space to hold the tag RIStype, the raster_type value, the DTM type
tag, and the DTM_CHAR tag. The results of attempting to store this
information beyond the end of the allocated space are undefined.
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