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IShellImageData::Rotate method (shimgdata.h)

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Rotates an image in increments of 90 degrees.

Syntax

HRESULT Rotate(
  [in] DWORD dwAngle
);

Parameters

[in] dwAngle

Type: DWORD

The angle of rotation. Only angles of 0, 90, 180, and 270 are recognized.

Return value

Type: HRESULT

Returns S_OK if successful or an error value otherwise, including the following:

Return code Description
E_FAIL
 The image has not been decoded or the decoding process failed. This value is also returned when certain internal calls to GDI+ methods fail.
E_NOTVALIDFORANIMATEDIMAGE
 The image is an animated image and cannot be rotated.
E_INVALIDARG
 The dwAngle parameter is a value other than 0, 90, 180, or 270.
S_FALSE
 The dwAngle parameter is 0.
E_OUTOFMEMORY
 Not enough resources are available for the method to create an internal working copy of the image.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows XP [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2003 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform Windows
Header shimgdata.h
DLL Shell32.dll