# TIFFWriteEncodedStrip

## Synopsis

    #include <tiffio.h>

tsize_t TIFFWriteEncodedStrip(TIFF *tif, tstrip_t strip, tdata_t buf, tsize_t size)

## Description

Compress size bytes of raw data from buf and write the result to the specified strip; replacing any previously written data. Note that the value of strip is a “raw strip number”. That is, the caller must take into account whether or not the data are organized in separate planes (`PlanarConfiguration` = 2).

## Notes

The library writes encoded data using the native machine byte order. Correctly implemented TIFF readers are expected to do any necessary byte-swapping to correctly process image data with `BitsPerSample` greater than 8.

The strip number must be valid according to the current settings of the `ImageLength` and `RowsPerStrip` tags. An image may be dynamically grown by increasing the value of `ImageLength` prior to each call to `TIFFWriteEncodedStrip`.

## Return values

-1 is returned if an error was encountered. Otherwise, the value of size is returned.

## Diagnostics

All error messages are directed to the `TIFFErrorExtR()` routine.

`%s: File not open for writing`:

> The file was opened for reading, not writing.

`Can not write scanlines to a tiled image`:

> The image is assumed to be organized in tiles because the `TileWidth` and `TileLength` tags have been set with `TIFFSetField()`.

`%s: Must set "ImageWidth" before writing data\fP`:

> The image’s width has not be set before the first write. See `TIFFSetField()` for information on how to do this.

`%s: Must set "PlanarConfiguration" before writing data`:

> The organization of data has not be defined before the first write. See `TIFFSetField()` for information on how to do this.

`%s: No space for strip arrays"`:

> There was not enough space for the arrays that hold strip offsets and byte counts.

## See also

TIFFOpen (3tiff), TIFFWriteScanline (3tiff), TIFFWriteRawStrip (3tiff), libtiff (3tiff)