ExportLayer

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The ExportLayer transaction saves a layer as a new document using the specified parameters, without changing any of the properties of the existing layer.

Type XTYP_EXECUTE

Syntax [ExportLayer(docwinID, layerID, saveas, "fileName", "layerLabel", checkExistence, formatID, rotation)]

Parameter	Data type	Values	Meaning
docwinID	DWORD	0 \| docwinID	active \| specific
layerID	DWORD	identifier of the layer to export
saveas	BOOL	0 1	use existing name use fileName
fileName	string	file name including path to save the layer under
layerLabel	string	label, maximum 80 characters
checkExistence	BOOL	0 1	do not check check for existence of file with the same name
formatID	WORD	0 File Format IDs	keep current format identifier of the file format to use. See Remarks.
rotation	WORD	-1 0 \| 1 \| 2 \| 3	current rotation. 0 \| 90 \| 180 \| 270 degrees counter-clockwise. Only applies to raster images.

Remarks

You can use GetFormatList to obtain a list of valid raster formats for formatID. FormatID is ignored if no fileName is specified.

Release information

Added in Release 3.50.