Image File Formats: ICO, CUR and ANIIcons, Cursors and Animated Cursors (ICO, CUR and ANI)

LEADTOOLS reads and writes Windows Icon and Cursor files. LEADTOOLS is not designed as an icon editor, but this file support lets you create a bitmap from an icon or cursor, or create an icon or cursor from a bitmap.

LEADTOOLS supports these file formats as follows:

Windows Icon (ICO)

This is a multipage file format for storing one or more Windows icons. The background color when of these images is always black. The size of these images can be no larger than 255-by-255 pixels. (Neither the width nor height can be greater than 255).

Windows Cursor (CUR)

This is a file format for storing Windows cursors (mouse pointers). LEADTOOLS does not load or save transparency information in these files. The size when you write these images should be exactly 32-by-32 pixels.

LEADTOOLS can read and write 1, 4, 8, and 24-bit, single-page or multi-page files.

Windows Animated Cursor (ANI)

ANI is an animated cursor (animated mouse pointer). This file format is used for reading and storing Windows Animated Cursors. Multipage ANI files will have an icon on each page. LEADTOOLS can read and write the following bits per pixel: 1, 4, 8, 24.

 

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The following products included the above functionality:

Pricing Structure

Product	Price	Purchase	Try
†LEADTOOLS Imaging Pro	$995		Free Trial
*LEADTOOLS Document Imaging	$2495		Free Trial
*LEADTOOLS Medical Imaging	$4995		Free Trial
†LEADTOOLS Vector Imaging Pro	$1995		Free Trial

* Deployment requires runtime license. Marked toolkits require runtime licensing based on the deployment of the application you develop. Several purchase options are available. For more information, please contact oemsales@leadtools.com or call a LEAD sales representative. Click here for more information on LEADTOOLS Runtime Licensing requirements.