open the a_Buf using
Qt Code:
  1. a_Buf.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly);
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Qt Code:
  1. QPixmap pixmap;
  2. QByteArray bytes;
  3. QBuffer buffer(&bytes);
  4. buffer.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly);
  5. pixmap.save(&buffer, "PNG"); // writes pixmap into bytes in PNG format
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