ABIC Format (ABIC, ICA)
LEADTOOLS reads and writes ABIC files.
The ABIC file format is a raster file format created by IBM. This file format consists of ABIC compression/decompression algorithms that uses an arithmetic coding technique to produce lossless data compression, these algorithms called ABIC (Bi-level Q-Coder) compression algorithm and Concatenated ABIC (Grayscale) compression algorithm.
LEADTOOLS can Load/Save (compression/decompression) ABIC Raw data separately.
The default extension used by this format is: ICA, ABIC (for raw data).
This file format does not support progressive loads and saves, multi-page files, stamps, or Lossless JPEG compression.
Support for this file format can be unlocked using the following support constant: L_SUPPORT_ABIC_READ, L_SUPPORT_ABIC_SAVE.
The file constants associated with this file format are:
| Constant | Read Support | Write Support | Description | 
| FILE_ABIC | 1, 4 BPP | 1, 4 BPP | [185] Raw ABIC compressed data | 
Required DLL: LFABI. For a listing of the exact DLLs needed, based on the toolkit version, refer to Files To Be Included With Your Application.
Related Formats: IOCA/MODCA - Image Object Content Architecture Format