Fatten Method

Description

Fatten image

Syntax

Visual Basic
Public Sub Fatten( _ ByVal Pixels As Long, _ ByVal Direction As EMorphDirections _ )

Parameters

Pixels

Number of pixels to add in each direction

Direction

Value	Description
ciMorphAllNeighbours	Modify all neighboring pixels
ciMorphDiag	Modify pixels located diagonally
ciMorphHorz	Modify pixels located to the left and right
ciMorphHorzAndVert	Modify pixels located left, right, up or down
ciMorphVert	Modify pixels located up and down

Remarks

Method requires bi-tonal image (object.Image.BitsPerPixel = 1).

Example

Morphological Functions

VB Example (VB6)

Sub MorphologicalOps(imageFile As String, imageFileOut As String)
      ' Open image file
    Dim ci As New CiServer
    Dim Tools As CiTools: Set Tools = ci.CreateTools
    Tools.Image.Open imageFile
      ' Do processing
    Tools.Fatten 2, ciMorphAllNeighbours
    Tools.Trim 4, ciMorphVert
      ' Save results
    Tools.Image.SaveAs imageFileOut, ciEXT
End Sub