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     59 <p class="text-center"><a href="property.html#CloneImageProperties">CloneImageProperties</a> &#8226; <a href="property.html#DefineImageProperty">DefineImageProperty</a> &#8226; <a href="property.html#DeleteImageProperty">DeleteImageProperty</a> &#8226; <a href="property.html#DestroyImageProperties">DestroyImageProperties</a> &#8226; <a href="property.html#FormatImageProperty">FormatImageProperty</a> &#8226; <a href="property.html#GetImageProperty">GetImageProperty</a> &#8226; <a href="property.html#GetNextImageProperty">GetNextImageProperty</a> &#8226; <a href="property.html#InterpretImageProperties">InterpretImageProperties</a> &#8226; <a href="property.html#RemoveImageProperty">RemoveImageProperty</a> &#8226; <a href="property.html#ResetImagePropertyIterator">ResetImagePropertyIterator</a> &#8226; <a href="property.html#SetImageProperty">SetImageProperty</a></p>
     60 
     61 <h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/property_8c.html" id="CloneImageProperties">CloneImageProperties</a></h2>
     62 
     63 <p>CloneImageProperties() clones all the image properties to another image.</p>
     64 
     65 <p>The format of the CloneImageProperties method is:</p>
     66 
     67 <pre class="text">
     68 MagickBooleanType CloneImageProperties(Image *image,
     69   const Image *clone_image)
     70 </pre>
     71 
     72 <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
     73 
     74 <dd>
     75 </dd>
     76 
     77 <dd> </dd>
     78 <dl class="dl-horizontal">
     79 <dt>image</dt>
     80 <dd>the image. </dd>
     81 
     82 <dd> </dd>
     83 <dt>clone_image</dt>
     84 <dd>the clone image. </dd>
     85 
     86 <dd>  </dd>
     87 </dl>
     88 <h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/property_8c.html" id="DefineImageProperty">DefineImageProperty</a></h2>
     89 
     90 <p>DefineImageProperty() associates an assignment string of the form "key=value" with an artifact or options. It is equivelent to SetImageProperty()</p>
     91 
     92 <p>The format of the DefineImageProperty method is:</p>
     93 
     94 <pre class="text">
     95 MagickBooleanType DefineImageProperty(Image *image,const char *property,
     96   ExceptionInfo *exception)
     97 </pre>
     98 
     99 <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
    100 
    101 <dd>
    102 </dd>
    103 
    104 <dd> </dd>
    105 <dl class="dl-horizontal">
    106 <dt>image</dt>
    107 <dd>the image. </dd>
    108 
    109 <dd> </dd>
    110 <dt>property</dt>
    111 <dd>the image property. </dd>
    112 
    113 <dd> </dd>
    114 <dt>exception</dt>
    115 <dd>return any errors or warnings in this structure. </dd>
    116 
    117 <dd>  </dd>
    118 </dl>
    119 <h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/property_8c.html" id="DeleteImageProperty">DeleteImageProperty</a></h2>
    120 
    121 <p>DeleteImageProperty() deletes an image property.</p>
    122 
    123 <p>The format of the DeleteImageProperty method is:</p>
    124 
    125 <pre class="text">
    126 MagickBooleanType DeleteImageProperty(Image *image,const char *property)
    127 </pre>
    128 
    129 <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
    130 
    131 <dd>
    132 </dd>
    133 
    134 <dd> </dd>
    135 <dl class="dl-horizontal">
    136 <dt>image</dt>
    137 <dd>the image. </dd>
    138 
    139 <dd> </dd>
    140 <dt>property</dt>
    141 <dd>the image property. </dd>
    142 
    143 <dd>  </dd>
    144 </dl>
    145 <h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/property_8c.html" id="DestroyImageProperties">DestroyImageProperties</a></h2>
    146 
    147 <p>DestroyImageProperties() destroys all properties and associated memory attached to the given image.</p>
    148 
    149 <p>The format of the DestroyDefines method is:</p>
    150 
    151 <pre class="text">
    152 void DestroyImageProperties(Image *image)
    153 </pre>
    154 
    155 <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
    156 
    157 <dd>
    158 </dd>
    159 
    160 <dd> </dd>
    161 <dl class="dl-horizontal">
    162 <dt>image</dt>
    163 <dd>the image. </dd>
    164 
    165 <dd>  </dd>
    166 </dl>
    167 <h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/property_8c.html" id="FormatImageProperty">FormatImageProperty</a></h2>
    168 
    169 <p>FormatImageProperty() permits formatted property/value pairs to be saved as an image property.</p>
    170 
    171 <p>The format of the FormatImageProperty method is:</p>
    172 
    173 <pre class="text">
    174 MagickBooleanType FormatImageProperty(Image *image,const char *property,
    175   const char *format,...)
    176 </pre>
    177 
    178 <p>A description of each parameter follows.</p>
    179 
    180 <dt> image</dt>
    181 <p>The image.</p>
    182 
    183 <dt> property</dt>
    184 <p>The attribute property.</p>
    185 
    186 <dt> format</dt>
    187 <p>A string describing the format to use to write the remaining arguments.</p>
    188 
    189 <h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/property_8c.html" id="GetImageProperty">GetImageProperty</a></h2>
    190 
    191 <p>GetImageProperty() gets a value associated with an image property.</p>
    192 
    193 <p>This includes,  profile prefixes, such as "exif:", "iptc:" and "8bim:" It does not handle non-prifile prefixes, such as "fx:", "option:", or "artifact:".</p>
    194 
    195 <p>The returned string is stored as a properity of the same name for faster lookup later. It should NOT be freed by the caller.</p>
    196 
    197 <p>The format of the GetImageProperty method is:</p>
    198 
    199 <pre class="text">
    200 const char *GetImageProperty(const Image *image,const char *key,
    201   ExceptionInfo *exception)
    202 </pre>
    203 
    204 <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
    205 
    206 <dd>
    207 </dd>
    208 
    209 <dd> </dd>
    210 <dl class="dl-horizontal">
    211 <dt>image</dt>
    212 <dd>the image. </dd>
    213 
    214 <dd> </dd>
    215 <dt>key</dt>
    216 <dd>the key. </dd>
    217 
    218 <dd> </dd>
    219 <dt>exception</dt>
    220 <dd>return any errors or warnings in this structure. </dd>
    221 
    222 <dd>  </dd>
    223 </dl>
    224 <h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/property_8c.html" id="GetNextImageProperty">GetNextImageProperty</a></h2>
    225 
    226 <p>GetNextImageProperty() gets the next free-form string property name.</p>
    227 
    228 <p>The format of the GetNextImageProperty method is:</p>
    229 
    230 <pre class="text">
    231 char *GetNextImageProperty(const Image *image)
    232 </pre>
    233 
    234 <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
    235 
    236 <dd>
    237 </dd>
    238 
    239 <dd> </dd>
    240 <dl class="dl-horizontal">
    241 <dt>image</dt>
    242 <dd>the image. </dd>
    243 
    244 <dd>  </dd>
    245 </dl>
    246 <h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/property_8c.html" id="InterpretImageProperties">InterpretImageProperties</a></h2>
    247 
    248 <p>InterpretImageProperties() replaces any embedded formatting characters with the appropriate image property and returns the interpreted text.</p>
    249 
    250 <p>This searches for and replaces \n \r \          replaced by newline, return, and percent resp. &amp;lt; &amp;gt; &amp;amp;   replaced by '&lt;', '&gt;', '&amp;' resp. replaced by percent</p>
    251 
    252 <p>x [x]       where 'x' is a single letter properity, case sensitive). [type:name]  where 'type' a is special and known prefix. [name]       where 'name' is a specifically known attribute, calculated value, or a per-image property string name, or a per-image 'artifact' (as generated from a global option). It may contain ':' as long as the prefix is not special.</p>
    253 
    254 <p>Single letter  substitutions will only happen if the character before the percent is NOT a number. But braced substitutions will always be performed. This prevents the typical usage of percent in a interpreted geometry argument from being substituted when the percent is a geometry flag.</p>
    255 
    256 <p>If 'glob-expresions' ('*' or '?' characters) is used for 'name' it may be used as a search pattern to print multiple lines of "name=value\n" pairs of the associacted set of properties.</p>
    257 
    258 <p>The returned string must be freed using DestoryString() by the caller.</p>
    259 
    260 <p>The format of the InterpretImageProperties method is:</p>
    261 
    262 <pre class="text">
    263 char *InterpretImageProperties(ImageInfo *image_info,
    264   Image *image,const char *embed_text,ExceptionInfo *exception)
    265 </pre>
    266 
    267 <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
    268 
    269 <dd>
    270 </dd>
    271 
    272 <dd> </dd>
    273 <dl class="dl-horizontal">
    274 <dt>image_info</dt>
    275 <dd>the image info. (required) </dd>
    276 
    277 <dd> </dd>
    278 <dt>image</dt>
    279 <dd>the image. (optional) </dd>
    280 
    281 <dd> </dd>
    282 <dt>embed_text</dt>
    283 <dd>the address of a character string containing the embedded formatting characters. </dd>
    284 
    285 <dd> </dd>
    286 <dt>exception</dt>
    287 <dd>return any errors or warnings in this structure. </dd>
    288 
    289 <dd>  </dd>
    290 </dl>
    291 <h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/property_8c.html" id="RemoveImageProperty">RemoveImageProperty</a></h2>
    292 
    293 <p>RemoveImageProperty() removes a property from the image and returns its value.</p>
    294 
    295 <p>In this case the ConstantString() value returned should be freed by the caller when finished.</p>
    296 
    297 <p>The format of the RemoveImageProperty method is:</p>
    298 
    299 <pre class="text">
    300 char *RemoveImageProperty(Image *image,const char *property)
    301 </pre>
    302 
    303 <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
    304 
    305 <dd>
    306 </dd>
    307 
    308 <dd> </dd>
    309 <dl class="dl-horizontal">
    310 <dt>image</dt>
    311 <dd>the image. </dd>
    312 
    313 <dd> </dd>
    314 <dt>property</dt>
    315 <dd>the image property. </dd>
    316 
    317 <dd>  </dd>
    318 </dl>
    319 <h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/property_8c.html" id="ResetImagePropertyIterator">ResetImagePropertyIterator</a></h2>
    320 
    321 <p>ResetImagePropertyIterator() resets the image properties iterator.  Use it in conjunction with GetNextImageProperty() to iterate over all the values associated with an image property.</p>
    322 
    323 <p>The format of the ResetImagePropertyIterator method is:</p>
    324 
    325 <pre class="text">
    326 ResetImagePropertyIterator(Image *image)
    327 </pre>
    328 
    329 <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
    330 
    331 <dd>
    332 </dd>
    333 
    334 <dd> </dd>
    335 <dl class="dl-horizontal">
    336 <dt>image</dt>
    337 <dd>the image. </dd>
    338 
    339 <dd>  </dd>
    340 </dl>
    341 <h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/property_8c.html" id="SetImageProperty">SetImageProperty</a></h2>
    342 
    343 <p>SetImageProperty() saves the given string value either to specific known attribute or to a freeform property string.</p>
    344 
    345 <p>Attempting to set a property that is normally calculated will produce an exception.</p>
    346 
    347 <p>The format of the SetImageProperty method is:</p>
    348 
    349 <pre class="text">
    350 MagickBooleanType SetImageProperty(Image *image,const char *property,
    351   const char *value,ExceptionInfo *exception)
    352 </pre>
    353 
    354 <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
    355 
    356 <dd>
    357 </dd>
    358 
    359 <dd> </dd>
    360 <dl class="dl-horizontal">
    361 <dt>image</dt>
    362 <dd>the image. </dd>
    363 
    364 <dd> </dd>
    365 <dt>property</dt>
    366 <dd>the image property. </dd>
    367 
    368 <dd> </dd>
    369 <dt>values</dt>
    370 <dd>the image property values. </dd>
    371 
    372 <dd> </dd>
    373 <dt>exception</dt>
    374 <dd>return any errors or warnings in this structure. </dd>
    375 
    376 <dd>  </dd>
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