Saves the canvas image as raw data.

[Visual Basic]
Function GetAs(inType As String, inParams As String) As Byte()

[C#]
byte[] GetAs(string inType, string inParams);

This works exactly the same way as the SaveAs method but instead of writing the image out to a file the function passes it back as raw data (an array of bytes).

You typically use a sample filename to specify the type of data required.

Canvas SaveAs method.
Gestalt Save method.

[Visual Basic]
Dim ca As New Canvas
Dim myshape, myrot, mytra As String
Dim i, j As Integer
myshape = "Size=30,30 Operation=both PaintColor=green PenColor=red"
ca.Width = 200
ca.Height = 200
For i = 0 To 4
  For j = 0 To 4
    myrot = " Rotation=" + (i * 50).ToString() + (j * 10).ToString() + ",15,15"
    mytra = " Translate=" + (j * 40).ToString() + "," + (i * 40).ToString()
    ca.DrawShape("rect", myshape + myrot + mytra)
  Next
Next
Response.ContentType = "image/png"
Response.BinaryWrite(ca.GetAs("getas.png",""))

[C#]
Canvas ca = new Canvas();
string myshape = "Size=30,30 Operation=both PaintColor=green PenColor=red";
ca.Width = 200;
ca.Height = 200;
for (int i = 0; i <= 4; i++) {
  for (int j = 0; j <= 4; j++) {
    int r = (i * 50) + (j * 10);
    string myrot = " Rotation=" + r.ToString() + ",15,15";
    string mytra = " Translate=" + (j * 40).ToString() + "," + (i * 40).ToString();
    ca.DrawShape("rect", myshape + myrot + mytra);
  }
}
Response.ContentType = "image/png";
Response.BinaryWrite(ca.GetAs("getas.png",""));

A sample output file is shown below.

getas.png