loading .bmp or .tiff format not working

Hi, why is it that the only image I can load is .jpeg? Is there something wrong in my code?

Private Sub OpenToolStripMenuItem_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles OpenToolStripMenuItem.Click
Using dlg As New OpenFileDialog()
dlg.Filter = "All Files|*.*"

If dlg.ShowDialog(Me) = System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then
LoadImage(dlg.FileName)
End If

End Using
End Sub

Private Sub LoadImage(ByVal fileName As String)

If Not IsNothing(fileName) Then
Try
Using codecs As New RasterCodecs()
_storeImage = codecs.Load(fileName)
Dim command As GrayscaleCommand = New GrayscaleCommand(8)
Command.Run(_storeImage)
backToNormal()
End Using

Catch ex As Exception

Return
End Try
End If

_rasterImage.Image = _storeImage.Clone

End Sub

I also want to create a new file extension (format) when I save an image, is that possible with leadtools?

Im using vb.net 2010 and leadtools 17.5

The problem might be related to missing DLLs. For example, to load BMP images, you need to add the Leadtools.Codecs.Bmp.dll DLL as a reference to your project. Also, to load TIF images, you need to add the Leadtools.Codecs.Tif.dll DLL as a reference to your project.

For more information, please see the help topic "Files To Be Included With Your Application" in the LEADTOOLS .Net documentation or refer to the following online help topic:
http://www.leadtools.com/help/leadtools/v175/dh/to/leadtools.topics~leadtools.topics.filestobeincludedwithyourapplication.html

About saving an image, you need to use the Codecs.Save() Method. In this method, you can save a raster image into a file, a stream or a remote URL in any of the supported compressed or uncompressed formats.

For more information, please see the help topic "Save Method" in the LEADTOOLS .Net documentation or refer to the following online help topic:
http://www.leadtools.com/help/leadtools/v175/dh/co/leadtools.codecs~leadtools.codecs.rastercodecs~save.html

Ow, silly me.

How about in saving an image? I want to create a new file format, say for example .sef. iI it possible in leadtools?

Thanks a lot.

As a name, you can save the file name to any name you want. However, you must specify the format of the image as one of our supported format when saving it using the codecs.save() method.

There are hundreds of image formats that LEADTOOLS support. Please see the following page to know the image formats that our toolkit supports:
http://www.leadtools.com/sdk/formats/image-formats.htm

What my boss wants is that we will generate our own new file format when saving a picture.

Nevermind, i solved it already.
Thanks a lot :)