GetDocumentFormatFromFileName Method (GdPictureDocumentUtilities)

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Determines the document format in accordance with the specified file name of that document.

This method recognizes only the file extension to get the known document format. Please use the GdPictureDocumentUtilities.GetDocumentFormat method or its overloads to validate also the document content if the file extension is unknown or misleading.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#
Delphi
JScript
Managed Extensions for C++
C++/CLI

'Declaration
 
Public Shared Function GetDocumentFormatFromFileName( _
   ByVal FileName As String _
) As DocumentFormat

public static DocumentFormat GetDocumentFormatFromFileName( 
   string FileName
)

public function GetDocumentFormatFromFileName( 
    FileName: String
): DocumentFormat; static;

public static function GetDocumentFormatFromFileName( 
   FileName : String
) : DocumentFormat;

public: static DocumentFormat GetDocumentFormatFromFileName( 
   string* FileName
)

public:
static DocumentFormat GetDocumentFormatFromFileName( 
   String^ FileName
)

Parameters

FileName: The file name of the required document.
The method does not care about the full file path or the file itself as it only examines the file extension.

Return Value

A member of the DocumentFormat enumeration. The format of the specified document.

Remarks

Be aware that this method only checks the file extension to identify the document format.

Example

How to properly retrieve the document format of a specified file.

VB.NET
C#

Dim documentFormat As GdPicture14.DocumentFormat = GdPictureDocumentUtilities.GetDocumentFormatFromFileName("document.docx")

GdPicture14.DocumentFormat documentFormat = GdPictureDocumentUtilities.GetDocumentFormatFromFileName("document.docx");

Reference

GdPictureDocumentUtilities Class
GdPictureDocumentUtilities Members
GetDocumentFormat(String) Method
GetDocumentFormat(Stream) Method
GetDocumentFormat(Stream,String) Method