PCIDSKCreate()

Description

PCIDSKCreate() is used to create a PCIDSK database and open it.

Call Signature

int PCIDSKCreate ( string filename, int pixels, int lines, int channels, string data_type, string interleaving )

Return Value

int

The function returns the handle of a writable PCIDSK FILE that should be closed with DBClose().

Arguments

string filename:

Name of file to create.

int pixels:

Width of database in pixels.

int lines:

Length of database in scanlines.

int channels:

Number of image channels in the database.

string data_type:

Type of the image channels. One of "8U", "16U", "16S" or "32R"

string interleaving:

The interleaving type of the file. Either "PIXEL" or "BAND"

Remarks

A basic file structure is created; specific fields(e.g. descriptive text fields) can be updated later.

PCIDSKCreate() assumes the file does NOT exist before creating it and will exit with an error if a file with the same name already exists.

See also

GDB file functions

DBCreate()

DBClose()