The classic API provides multiple classes and functions to handle files and image data.

注意

For MAXON API file and media functions see MAXON API Files & Media .

文件

Files are created, loaded and edited with these classes:

• For arbitrary file access independent of file type, see BaseFile Manual .
• In order to work with Cinema 4D 's file format, see HyperFile Manual .
• A section in memory can be handled like a file, see MemoryFileStruct Manual .
• ZipFile class is used to access to ZIP archives, see ZipFile Manual .
• Access to AES encrypted files is explained in the AESFile Manual .
• Loading and saving of Cinema 4D scenes is explained in Disc I/O 的 BaseDocument Manual .
• In order to load or save images, see Disc I/O 在 BaseBitmap Manual .
• Sound files can be loaded and saved with the respective functions ( BaseSound::Load() and BaseSound::Save() ) of the BaseSound class.
• For general file utility functions see File Functions Manual .
• All available volumes (i.e. drives) can be browsed with BrowseVolumes , see also BrowseVolumes Manual .
• All files inside of a directory can be inspected with BrowseFiles , see also BrowseFiles Manual .
• When browsing files, dates and times are returned as LocalFileTime , see also LocalFileTime Manual .
• FileMonitor can be used to get notifications about changes of files and directories, see also FileMonitor Manual .

另请参阅 Filename Manual .

Media

Classes to load, edit and save image data are:

• A basic bitmap with alpha data can be stored in a BaseBitmap 。见 BaseBitmap Manual .
• A bitmap with multiple layers can be stored as a MultipassBitmap 。见 MultipassBitmap Manual .
• GeClipMap is a utility class to perform drawing operations on a bitmap. See GeClipMap Manual .

The image data stored in movie files can be accessed with these classes:

• MovieLoader allows to read image data from a movie file. See MovieLoader Manual .
• MovieSaver allows to save image data to a movie file. See MovieSaver Manual .