Constructor
GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf.new_from_file
Declaration [src]
GdkPixbuf*
gdk_pixbuf_new_from_file (
  const char* filename,
  GError** error
)
Description [src]
Creates a new pixbuf by loading an image from a file.
The file format is detected automatically.
If NULL is returned, then error will be set. Possible errors are:
- the file could not be opened
- there is no loader for the file’s format
- there is not enough memory to allocate the image buffer
- the image buffer contains invalid data
The error domains are GDK_PIXBUF_ERROR and G_FILE_ERROR.
Parameters
| filename | const char* | 
| Name of file to load, in the GLib file name encoding | |
| Ownership is not transferred to the callee | |
| The string is a file system path, using the OS encoding | 
Return value
| Returns: GdkPixbuf | |
| A newly-created pixbuf | |
| Ownership of the data is transferred to the caller | |
| Can be NULL | |