GdkPixbuf.PixbufAnimation.new_from_file
Description: Reference for GdkPixbuf.PixbufAnimation.new_from_file

### Constructor

# GdkPixbuf PixbufAnimationnew_from_file

#### Declaration [src]

    GdkPixbufAnimation*
    gdk_pixbuf_animation_new_from_file (
      const char* filename,
      GError** error
    )

#### Description [src]

Creates a new animation by loading it from a file.

The file format is detected automatically.

If the file’s format does not support multi-frame images, then an animation with a single frame will be created.

Possible errors are in the `GDK_PIXBUF_ERROR` and `G_FILE_ERROR` domains.

#### Parameters

`filename` | `const char*`
| Name of file to load, in the GLib file name encoding.
| The data is owned by the caller of the function.
| The value is a file system path, using the OS encoding.
`error` | `GError **`
| The return location for a `GError*`, or `NULL`.

#### Return value

Returns: | `GdkPixbufAnimation`
| A newly-created animation.
| The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.
| The return value can be `NULL`.