XWD stands for X Window dump. This file format is used to store and restore screen window images. Two versions of this file exist, the X10 window dump and the X11 window dump. These versions differ slightly in the format of the data (i.e. headers and bits per pixel).

The version X10 XWD file cannot have more than 8 BPP image data.

The file constants associated with this file format are:

WIC Codec CLSID	WIC Codec Subformat	RasterImageViewer.Save File Constant	Read Support	Write Support	Description
CLSID_WICLeadXwdEncoder	WICLeadSubFormatXwd10	Xwd10	1, 4, 8 BPP	1, 4, 8 BPP	XWindows X Window dump, version 10.
CLSID_WICLeadXwdEncoder	WICLeadSubFormatXwd11	Xwd11	1, 4, 8, 16. 24, 32 BPP	1, 4, 8, 16. 24, 32 BPP	XWindows X Window dump, version 11.

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