FreeImage_GetFIFFromFilename

DLL_API FREE_IMAGE_FORMAT DLL_CALLCONV FreeImage_GetFIFFromFilename(const char *filename);

Esta función toma un nombre de fichero o una extensión de nombre de fichero y devuelve el plugin que puede leer/escribir ficheros con esa extensión en el formato de un identificador FREE_IMAGE_FORMAT.

/** Generic image loader
@param lpszPathName Pointer to the full file name
@param flag Optional load flag constant
@return Returns the loaded dib if successful, returns NULL otherwise
*/
FIBITMAP* GenericLoader(const char* lpszPathName, int flag) {
    FREE_IMAGE_FORMAT fif = FIF_UNKNOWN;
    // check the file signature and deduce its format
    // (the second argument is currently not used by FreeImage)
    fif = FreeImage_GetFileType(lpszPathName, 0);
    if(fif == FIF_UNKNOWN) {
        // no signature ?
        // try to guess the file format from the file extension
        fif = FreeImage_GetFIFFromFilename(lpszPathName);
    }
    // check that the plugin has reading capabilities ...
    if((fif != FIF_UNKNOWN) && FreeImage_FIFSupportsReading(fif)) {
        // ok, let's load the file
        FIBITMAP *dib = FreeImage_Load(fif, lpszPathName, flag);
        // unless a bad file format, we are done !
        return dib;
    }
    return NULL;
}