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File Formats: BMP Formats

LEADTOOLS reads and writes the following BMP formats:

Windows Bitmap (BMP). This is a file format created by Microsoft. Some BMP images are compressed with RLE-type compression.

OS/2 Bitmap (OS/2 BMP). These are files created on an OS/2 operating system. LEADTOOLS supports both 1.x and 2.x formats.

File constants associated with these file formats are:

Constant Read Support Write Support Description
Bmp 1, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32 BPP 1, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32 BPP Windows BMP, with no compression.
BmpRle 4, 8 BPP 4, 8 BPP Windows BMP, with RLE compression.
Os2 1, 4, 8, 24 BPP 1, 4, 8, 24 BPP OS/2 BMP version 1.x.
Os22 1, 4, 8, 24 BPP 1, 4, 8, 24 BPP OS/2 BMP version 2.x.

Required DLL: Leadtools.Codecs.Bmp.Dll. For a listing of the exact DLLs needed, based on the toolkit version, refer to Files To Be Included With Your Application.

Related Formats: PBM - Portable Bitmap Utilities Format, PCX - PCX Format, WBMP - Wireless Bitmap Format, XPM - XPicMap, XBM - XBitMap Format.