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Adding pages to multipage TIFF files

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There are several ways to add pages to a TIFF file:

  1. Adding a page to the end of an existing multipage TIFF file.
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    'We assume that GdPicture has been correctly installed and unlocked.
Dim oGdPictureImaging As New GdPictureImaging()
Dim ImageID As Integer = oGdPictureImaging.CreateGdPictureImageFromFile("multipage.tif")
If oGdPictureImaging.GetStat() = GdPictureStatus.OK Then
    If (oGdPictureImaging.TiffAppendPageFromFile(ImageID, "addition.tif") <> GdPictureStatus.OK) OrElse
       (oGdPictureImaging.TiffSaveMultiPageToFile(ImageID, "multipageAdded.tif", TiffCompression.TiffCompressionAUTO) <> GdPictureStatus.OK) Then
        MessageBox.Show("Error: " + oGdPictureImaging.GetStat().ToString(), "Multipage TIFF Example", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error)
    End If
    oGdPictureImaging.ReleaseGdPictureImage(ImageID)
Else
    MessageBox.Show("Error: " + oGdPictureImaging.GetStat().ToString(), "Multipage TIFF Example", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error)
End If
oGdPictureImaging.Dispose()
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    //We assume that GdPicture has been correctly installed and unlocked.
GdPictureImaging oGdPictureImaging = new GdPictureImaging();
int ImageID = oGdPictureImaging.CreateGdPictureImageFromFile("multipage.tif");
if (oGdPictureImaging.GetStat() == GdPictureStatus.OK)
{
    if ((oGdPictureImaging.TiffAppendPageFromFile(ImageID, "addition.tif") != GdPictureStatus.OK) ||
         (oGdPictureImaging.TiffSaveMultiPageToFile(ImageID, "multipageAdded.tif", TiffCompression.TiffCompressionAUTO) != GdPictureStatus.OK))
    {
        MessageBox.Show("Error: " + oGdPictureImaging.GetStat().ToString(), "Multipage TIFF Example", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
    }
    oGdPictureImaging.ReleaseGdPictureImage(ImageID);
}
else
    MessageBox.Show("Error: " + oGdPictureImaging.GetStat().ToString(), "Multipage TIFF Example", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
oGdPictureImaging.Dispose();

    You can use the same technique as above to add a page that exists as a GdPictureImage.

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    'We assume that GdPicture has been correctly installed and unlocked.
Dim oGdPictureImaging As New GdPictureImaging()
Dim ImageID As Integer = oGdPictureImaging.CreateGdPictureImageFromFile("multipage.tif")
If oGdPictureImaging.GetStat() = GdPictureStatus.OK Then
    Dim AddImgID As Integer = oGdPictureImaging.CreateGdPictureImageFromFile("addition.tif")
    If oGdPictureImaging.GetStat() = GdPictureStatus.OK Then
        If (oGdPictureImaging.TiffAppendPageFromGdPictureImage(ImageID, AddImgID) <> GdPictureStatus.OK) OrElse
           (oGdPictureImaging.TiffSaveMultiPageToFile(ImageID, "multipageAdded.tif", TiffCompression.TiffCompressionAUTO) <> GdPictureStatus.OK) Then
            MessageBox.Show("Error: " + oGdPictureImaging.GetStat().ToString(), "Multipage TIFF Example", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error)
        End If
        oGdPictureImaging.ReleaseGdPictureImage(AddImgID)
    Else
        MessageBox.Show("Error: " + oGdPictureImaging.GetStat().ToString(), "Multipage TIFF Example", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error)
    End If
    oGdPictureImaging.ReleaseGdPictureImage(ImageID)
Else
    MessageBox.Show("Error: " + oGdPictureImaging.GetStat().ToString(), "Multipage TIFF Example", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error)
End If
oGdPictureImaging.Dispose()
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    //We assume that GdPicture has been correctly installed and unlocked.
GdPictureImaging oGdPictureImaging = new GdPictureImaging();
int ImageID = oGdPictureImaging.CreateGdPictureImageFromFile("multipage.tif");
if (oGdPictureImaging.GetStat() == GdPictureStatus.OK)
{
    int AddImgID = oGdPictureImaging.CreateGdPictureImageFromFile("addition.tif");
    if (oGdPictureImaging.GetStat() == GdPictureStatus.OK)
    {
        if ((oGdPictureImaging.TiffAppendPageFromGdPictureImage(ImageID, AddImgID) != GdPictureStatus.OK) ||
            (oGdPictureImaging.TiffSaveMultiPageToFile(ImageID, "multipageAdded.tif", TiffCompression.TiffCompressionAUTO) != GdPictureStatus.OK))
        {
            MessageBox.Show("Error: " + oGdPictureImaging.GetStat().ToString(), "Multipage TIFF Example", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
        }
        oGdPictureImaging.ReleaseGdPictureImage(AddImgID);
    }
    else
        MessageBox.Show("Error: " + oGdPictureImaging.GetStat().ToString(), "Multipage TIFF Example", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
    oGdPictureImaging.ReleaseGdPictureImage(ImageID);
}
else
    MessageBox.Show("Error: " + oGdPictureImaging.GetStat().ToString(), "Multipage TIFF Example", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
oGdPictureImaging.Dispose();

    As you can see in the two examples above, after adding the image we saved it and we released the image resources.

  2. Adding a page to the end of a multipage TIFF file using the TiffSaveAsMultiPageFile() method.
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    'We assume that GdPicture has been correctly installed and unlocked.
Dim oGdPictureImaging As New GdPictureImaging()
'Creating a handle to a multipage tiff file with the first page image1.tif.
Dim TiffID As Integer = oGdPictureImaging.CreateGdPictureImageFromFile("image1.tif")
If oGdPictureImaging.GetStat() = GdPictureStatus.OK Then
    Dim status As GdPictureStatus = oGdPictureImaging.TiffSaveAsMultiPageFile(TiffID, "multipage.tif", TiffCompression.TiffCompressionAUTO)
    If status = GdPictureStatus.OK Then
        'Adding the second page to the multipage tiff file from image2.tif.
        Dim ImageID As Integer = oGdPictureImaging.CreateGdPictureImageFromFile("image2.tif")
        If oGdPictureImaging.GetStat() = GdPictureStatus.OK Then
            status = oGdPictureImaging.TiffAddToMultiPageFile(TiffID, ImageID)
            If status = GdPictureStatus.OK Then
                MessageBox.Show("Done!", "Multipage TIFF Example", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information)
            Else
                MessageBox.Show("Error: " + status.ToString(), "Multipage TIFF Example", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error)
            End If
        Else
            MessageBox.Show("Error: " + oGdPictureImaging.GetStat().ToString(), "Multipage TIFF Example", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error)
        End If
        'Closing the tiff file.
        oGdPictureImaging.TiffCloseMultiPageFile(TiffID)
        'Releasing the image resource from the memory.
        oGdPictureImaging.ReleaseGdPictureImage(ImageID)
    Else
        MessageBox.Show("Error: " + status.ToString(), "Multipage TIFF Example", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error)
    End If
    oGdPictureImaging.ReleaseGdPictureImage(TiffID)
Else
    MessageBox.Show("Error: " + oGdPictureImaging.GetStat().ToString(), "Multipage TIFF Example", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error)
End If
oGdPictureImaging.Dispose()
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    //We assume that GdPicture has been correctly installed and unlocked.
GdPictureImaging oGdPictureImaging = new GdPictureImaging();
//Creating a handle to a multipage tiff file with the first page image1.tif.
int TiffID = oGdPictureImaging.CreateGdPictureImageFromFile("image1.tif");
if (oGdPictureImaging.GetStat() == GdPictureStatus.OK)
{
    GdPictureStatus status = oGdPictureImaging.TiffSaveAsMultiPageFile(TiffID, "multipage.tif", TiffCompression.TiffCompressionAUTO);
    if (status == GdPictureStatus.OK)
    {
        //Adding the second page to the multipage tiff file from image2.tif.
        int ImageID = oGdPictureImaging.CreateGdPictureImageFromFile("image2.tif");
        if (oGdPictureImaging.GetStat() == GdPictureStatus.OK)
        {
            status = oGdPictureImaging.TiffAddToMultiPageFile(TiffID, ImageID);
            if (status == GdPictureStatus.OK)
                MessageBox.Show("Done!", "Multipage TIFF Example", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information);
            else
                MessageBox.Show("Error: " + status.ToString(), "Multipage TIFF Example", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
        }
        else
            MessageBox.Show("Error: " + oGdPictureImaging.GetStat().ToString(), "Multipage TIFF Example", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
        //Closing the tiff file.
        oGdPictureImaging.TiffCloseMultiPageFile(TiffID);
        //Releasing the image resource from the memory.
        oGdPictureImaging.ReleaseGdPictureImage(ImageID);
    }
    else
        MessageBox.Show("Error: " + status.ToString(), "Multipage TIFF Example", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
    oGdPictureImaging.ReleaseGdPictureImage(TiffID);
}
else
    MessageBox.Show("Error: " + oGdPictureImaging.GetStat().ToString(), "Multipage TIFF Example", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
oGdPictureImaging.Dispose();

    There exist overloads of the TiffAddToMultiPageFile() method, in which the TiffCompression type can be specified as well as the Compression Quality in case of TiffCompressionJPEG.

  3. Adding pages from an input image file at any location of a multipage Tiff file.
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    Dim oGdPictureImaging As New GdPictureImaging()
Dim ImageID As Integer = oGdPictureImaging.CreateGdPictureImageFromFile("multipage.tif")
If oGdPictureImaging.GetStat() = GdPictureStatus.OK Then
    If (oGdPictureImaging.TiffInsertPageFromFile(ImageID, 3, "addition.tif") <> GdPictureStatus.OK) OrElse
       (oGdPictureImaging.TiffSaveMultiPageToFile(ImageID, "multipageAdded.tif", TiffCompression.TiffCompressionAUTO) <> GdPictureStatus.OK) Then
        MessageBox.Show("Error: " + oGdPictureImaging.GetStat().ToString(), "Multipage TIFF Example", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error)
    Else
        MessageBox.Show("Done!", "Multipage TIFF Example", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information)
    End If
    oGdPictureImaging.ReleaseGdPictureImage(ImageID)
Else
    MessageBox.Show("Error: " + oGdPictureImaging.GetStat().ToString(), "Multipage TIFF Example", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error)
End If
oGdPictureImaging.Dispose()
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    GdPictureImaging oGdPictureImaging = new GdPictureImaging();
int ImageID = oGdPictureImaging.CreateGdPictureImageFromFile("multipage.tif");
if (oGdPictureImaging.GetStat() == GdPictureStatus.OK)
{
    if ((oGdPictureImaging.TiffInsertPageFromFile(ImageID, 3, "addition.tif") != GdPictureStatus.OK) ||
        (oGdPictureImaging.TiffSaveMultiPageToFile(ImageID, "multipageAdded.tif", TiffCompression.TiffCompressionAUTO) != GdPictureStatus.OK))
    {
        MessageBox.Show("Error: " + oGdPictureImaging.GetStat().ToString(), "Multipage TIFF Example", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
    }
    else
        MessageBox.Show("Done!", "Multipage TIFF Example", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information);
    oGdPictureImaging.ReleaseGdPictureImage(ImageID);
}
else
    MessageBox.Show("Error: " + oGdPictureImaging.GetStat().ToString(), "Multipage TIFF Example", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
oGdPictureImaging.Dispose();

    Or adding pages from a GdPictureImage identifier.

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    Dim oGdPictureImaging As New GdPictureImaging()
Dim ImageID As Integer = oGdPictureImaging.CreateGdPictureImageFromFile("multipage.tif")
If oGdPictureImaging.GetStat() = GdPictureStatus.OK Then
    Dim AddImgID As Integer = oGdPictureImaging.CreateGdPictureImageFromFile("addition.tif")
    If oGdPictureImaging.GetStat() = GdPictureStatus.OK Then
        If (oGdPictureImaging.TiffInsertPageFromGdPictureImage(ImageID, 3, AddImgID) <> GdPictureStatus.OK) OrElse
           (oGdPictureImaging.TiffSaveMultiPageToFile(ImageID, "multipageAdded.tif", TiffCompression.TiffCompressionAUTO) <> GdPictureStatus.OK) Then
            MessageBox.Show("Error: " + oGdPictureImaging.GetStat().ToString(), "Multipage TIFF Example", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error)
        Else
            MessageBox.Show("Done!", "Multipage TIFF Example", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information)
        End If
        oGdPictureImaging.ReleaseGdPictureImage(AddImgID)
    Else
        MessageBox.Show("Error: " + oGdPictureImaging.GetStat().ToString(), "Multipage TIFF Example", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error)
    End If
    oGdPictureImaging.ReleaseGdPictureImage(ImageID)
Else
    MessageBox.Show("Error: " + oGdPictureImaging.GetStat().ToString(), "Multipage TIFF Example", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error)
End If
oGdPictureImaging.Dispose()
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    GdPictureImaging oGdPictureImaging = new GdPictureImaging();
int ImageID = oGdPictureImaging.CreateGdPictureImageFromFile("multipage.tif");
if (oGdPictureImaging.GetStat() == GdPictureStatus.OK)
{
    int AddImgID = oGdPictureImaging.CreateGdPictureImageFromFile("addition.tif");
    if (oGdPictureImaging.GetStat() == GdPictureStatus.OK)
    {
        if ((oGdPictureImaging.TiffInsertPageFromGdPictureImage(ImageID, 3, AddImgID) != GdPictureStatus.OK) ||
            (oGdPictureImaging.TiffSaveMultiPageToFile(ImageID, "multipageAdded.tif", TiffCompression.TiffCompressionAUTO) != GdPictureStatus.OK))
        {
            MessageBox.Show("Error: " + oGdPictureImaging.GetStat().ToString(), "Multipage TIFF Example", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
        }
        else
            MessageBox.Show("Done!", "Multipage TIFF Example", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information);
        oGdPictureImaging.ReleaseGdPictureImage(AddImgID);
    }
    else
        MessageBox.Show("Error: " + oGdPictureImaging.GetStat().ToString(), "Multipage TIFF Example", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
    oGdPictureImaging.ReleaseGdPictureImage(ImageID);
}
else
    MessageBox.Show("Error: " + oGdPictureImaging.GetStat().ToString(), "Multipage TIFF Example", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
oGdPictureImaging.Dispose();

    As you can see in the two examples above, after adding the image we saved it and we released the image resources.