TIFFFIELDPASSCOUNT(3tiff)

💖 TIFFFIELDPASSCOUNT 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the TIFFFIELDPASSCOUNT(3tiff) page, part of the LibTIFF fam 💅 this one's a lil three-arg mystery solver, and honestly? she's lowkey iconic for it.

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✨ NAME ✨

TIFFFieldPassCount — get whether to pass a count to TIFFGetField/TIFFSetField

like... does this field want a lil number handed to it first, or not?? that's literally the whole job 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <tiffio.h>

int TIFFFieldPassCount(const TIFFField *fip)

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

TIFFFieldPassCount() returns true (nonzero) if TIFFGetField() and TIFFSetField() expect a count value to be passed before the actual data pointer.

read that again bestie. the count comes first. the data comes after. order matters, no cap 😭

fip is a field information pointer previously returned by TIFFFindField(), TIFFFieldWithTag(), TIFFFieldWithName().

so like, you don't just make one up out of thin air — you gotta get it from one of those three cuties first ✨

When a count is required, it will be of type uint32_t if TIFFFieldReadCount() reports TIFF_VARIABLE2, and of type uint16_t otherwise. Use TIFFFieldWriteCount() for TIFFSetField(), respectively. (This distinction is critical for use of TIFFGetField(), but normally not so for use of TIFFSetField().)

⚠️ okay the uint32_t vs uint16_t thing is not a vibe, it's a whole personality. get it wrong on TIFFGetField() and things get real bad real fast 💀 but for TIFFSetField()? normally it's chill, don't stress it.

An alternative function for the count value determination is TIFFFieldSetGetCountSize().

(not me giving you options, we love a backup plan 💜)

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🌈 RETURN VALUES 🌈

TIFFFieldPassCount() returns an integer that is always 1 (true) or 0 (false).

that's it. binary. no in-between. no "maybe". it's giving main character energy and it's giving decisive 👑

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🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

• TIFFFieldDataType (3tiff)
• TIFFFieldName (3tiff)
• TIFFFieldQuery (3tiff)
• TIFFFieldReadCount (3tiff)
• TIFFFieldTag (3tiff)
• TIFFFieldWriteCount (3tiff)
• libtiff

the whole friend group fr fr 🫶 go say hi to all of them

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💜 AUTHOR 💜

LibTIFF contributors

(an absolute squad. legends. periodt. 👑)

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🍓 COPYRIGHT 🍓

1988-2025, LibTIFF contributors

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okay that's the whole page bestie, you ate that 💅 and for the lil sign-off: this was LibTIFF version 4.7, dated Jun 27, 2026 — go forth and pass those counts correctly, mwah 🧚✨