File constants associated with the supported file formats are listed in the following table:
RasterImageViewer.Save File Constant |
Read Support | Write Support | Description |
Abc | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | LEAD Advanced Bitonal Compression 1 bit, lossless compression. |
Afp | 24 BPP | None | IBM This format is part of IBM's document imaging system. |
Ani | 1, 4, 8, 24 BPP | 1, 4, 8, 24 BPP | [119] Windows Animated Cursor. |
Awd | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | Microsoft FAX format. |
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. |
Cals | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | CALS Raster file. |
Cals2 | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | CALS CCITT G4 compressed. |
Cals3 | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | CALS Fax Group 4 compressed. |
Cals4 | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | CALS CCITT G4 Tiled. |
Cin | 24 BPP | 24 BPP | Kodak Cineon Format. |
Clp | 1, 4, 8, 24 BPP | 1, 4, 8, 24 BPP | Microsoft Windows Clipboard Uncompressed. |
ClpRle | 4, 8 BPP | 8 BPP | Microsoft Windows Clipboard RLE Compressed. |
Cmp | 8 BPP (Grayscale) 24 BPP (Color) | 8 BPP (Grayscale) 24 BPP (Color) | LEAD CMP compressed format. |
Cmw | 8, 12, 16 BPP (Grayscale) 24 BPP (Color) | 8, 12, 16 BPP (Grayscale) 24 BPP (Color) | LEAD Wavelet CMP compressed format. |
Crw | 24 BPP | None | Cannon raw format. |
WinCur | 1, 4, 8, 24 BPP | 1, 4, 8, 24 BPP | Windows Cursor. |
Cut | 8 BPP | 8 BPP | Dr. Halo. |
Dcr | 48 BPP | None | Kodak Professional Digital Camera Format |
Dcs | 16 (Grayscale), 24 BPP | None | Kodak Professional Digital Camera System Format |
DicomGray | 1 to 16 BPP (Grayscale) | 1 to 16 BPP (Grayscale) | Grayscale DICOM uncompressed |
DicomColor | 8, 24 BPP | 8, 24 BPP | Color DICOM uncompressed |
DicomRleGray | 8, 12, 16, 24 BPP | 8, 12, 16, 24 BPP | Grayscale DICOM RLE compressed |
DicomRleColor | 24 BPP | 24 BPP | Color DICOM RLE compressed |
DicomJpegGray | 8, 16 BPP (Grayscale) | 8, 16 BPP (Grayscale) | Grayscale DICOM JPEG compressed |
DicomJpegColor | 24 BPP | 24 BPP | Color DICOM JPEG compressed |
DicomJ2kGray | 8, 16 BPP (Grayscale) | 8, 16 BPP (Grayscale) | Grayscale DICOM JPEG 2000 compressed |
DicomJ2kColor | 24 BPP | 24 BPP | Color DICOM JPEG 2000 compressed |
Djvu | 1, 8, 24 BPP | None | LizardTech DjVu. |
Ecw | 24 BPP | 24 BPP | ER Mapper Enhanced Compressed Wavelet. |
Emf | Yes | Yes | Windows Enhanced Metafile. |
EpsPostScript | 1, 4, 8, 24 BPP | None | Encapsulated PostScript. |
EpsTiff | 1, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32 BPP | None | Encapsulated PostScript with TIFF preview. |
EpsWmf | 24 BPP | None | Encapsulated PostScript with WMF preview. |
Eps | 1, 8, 24 BPP | 8 BPP (Grayscale) | Encapsulated PostScript. |
Exif | 24 BPP | 24 BPP | Exif file containing a TIFF image, with no compression and with RGB color space. |
ExifYcc | 24 BPP | 24 BPP | Exif file containing a TIFF image, with no compression and with YCbCr color space. |
ExifJpeg422 | 24 BPP | 24 BPP | Exif file containing a JPEG compressed image and YUV 4:2:2 color space. |
ExifJpeg411 | 24 BPP | 24 BPP | Exif file containing a JPEG compressed image and YUV 4:1:1 color space. |
FaxG31Dim | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | Raw FAX, compressed using CCITT group 3, 1 dimension. |
FaxG31DimNoEol | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | Raw FAX, compressed using CCITT group 3,1 dimension.with no EOL. |
FaxG32Dim | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | Raw FAX, compressed using CCITT group 3, 2 dimensions. |
FaxG4 | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | Raw FAX, compressed using CCITT group 4. |
LaserData | 1 BPP | None | LaserData CCITT G4. |
Fit | 8 BPP (unsigned binary integer - gray) 16 BPP (twos complement signed integers - gray) 32 BPP (twos complement signed integers - color) | 8 BPP (unsigned binary integer - gray) 16 BPP (twos complement signed integers - gray) 32 BPP (twos complement signed integers - color) | Flexible Image Transport System. |
Flc | 8 BPP | 8 BPP | Flic Animation 256 color. |
Fli | 8 BPP | none | Flic Animation 64 color. |
Fpx | 8, 24 BPP | 8, 24 BPP | FlashPix, with no compression. |
FpxSingleColor | 8, 24 BPP | 8, 24 BPP | FlashPix, compressed with the single color method. |
FpxJpeg | 8, 24 BPP | 8, 24 BPP | FlashPix, compressed with JPEG, using the default Q factor. |
FpxJpegQFactor | 8, 24 BPP | 8, 24 BPP | FlashPix, compressed with JPEG, using a specified Q factor. |
Gif | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 BPP | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 BPP | CompuServe GIF. |
Hdp | 1,8,16,24,32,48,64 BPP | 1,8,16,24,32,48,64 BPP | JPEG XR / HD Photo - RGB |
HdpGray | 16 BPP (Grayscale) | 16 BPP (Grayscale) | JPEG XR / HD Photo - Grayscale |
HdpCmyk | 32 BPP | 32 BPP | JPEG XR / HD Photo - CMYK |
IcaG31Dim | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | IOCA, compressed using CCITT group 3, 1 dimension. |
IcaG32Dim | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | IOCA, compressed using CCITT group 3, 2 dimensions. |
IcaG4 | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | IOCA, compressed using CCITT group 4. |
IcaIbmMmr | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | IOCA, compressed using IBM MMR, with the MO:DCA wrapper. |
IcaAbic | 1, 4 BPP | 1, 4 BPP | IOCA, compressed using ABIC, with the MO:DCA wrapper. |
IcaUncompressed | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | IOCA, uncompressed, with the MO:DCA wrapper. |
RawIcaG31Dim | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | IOCA, compressed using CCITT group 3, 1 dimension, without the MO:DCA wrapper. |
RawIcaG32Dim | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | IOCA, compressed using CCITT group 3, 2 dimensions, without the MO:DCA wrapper. |
RawIcaG4 | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | IOCA, compressed using CCITT group 4, without the MO:DCA wrapper. |
RawIcaIbmMmr | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | IOCA, compressed using IBM MMR, without the MO:DCA wrapper. |
RawIcaUncompressed | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | IOCA, uncompressed, without the MO:DCA wrapper. |
AfpIcaG31Dim | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | IOCA, G3 1D compressed. |
AfpIcaG32Dim | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | IOCA, G3 2D compressed. |
AfpIcaG4 | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | IOCA, G4 compressed. |
AfpIcaUncompressed | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | IOCA, uncompressed. |
AfpIcaIbmMmr | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | IOCA, IBM MMR compressed. |
WinIco | 1, 4, 8, 24 BPP | 1, 4, 8, 24 BPP | Windows Icon. |
PngIco | 1, 4, 8, 24, 32 BPP | 1, 4, 8, 24, 32 BPP | Vista PNG Icon. |
IffIlbm | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 24 BPP | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 24 BPP | Interchange File - RLE Compressed. |
IffCat | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 24 BPP | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 24 BPP | Interchange File - multiple images per file-RLE Compressed. |
IffIlbmUncompressed | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 24 BPP | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 24 BPP | Interchange File - Uncompressed. |
IffCatUncompressed | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 24 BPP | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 24 BPP | Interchange File - multiple images per file-Uncompressed. |
Img | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | GEM Image. |
IntergraphRle | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | ITG, Intergraph RLE compressed file. |
IntergraphCcittG4 | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | ITG, IntergraphCCITT G4 compressed file. |
J2k | 8, 12, 16 BPP (Grayscale) 24, 32, 48, 64 BPP (Color) | 8, 12, 16 BPP (Grayscale) 24,48 BPP (Color) | JPEG 2000 File. |
Jbig2 | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | JBIG2. |
Jbig | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32 BPP | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32 BPP | JBIG. |
Tifbig | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32 BPP | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32 BPP | TIFF with JBIG compression. |
Jp2 | 8, 12, 16 BPP (Grayscale) 24, 32, 48, 64 BPP (Color) | 8, 12, 16 BPP (Grayscale) 24,48 BPP (Color) | JPEG 2000 Stream. |
Jpeg | 8, 12, 16 BPP (Grayscale) 24 BPP (Color) | 8, 12, 16 BPP (Grayscale) 24 BPP (Color) | JPEG File Interchange Format. |
Jpeg411 | 8 BPP (Grayscale) 24 BPP (Color) | 8 BPP (Grayscale) 24 BPP (Color) | JPEG File Interchange Format, 4:1:1. |
Jpeg422 | 8 BPP (Grayscale) 24 BPP (Color) | 8 BPP (Grayscale) 24 BPP (Color) | JPEG File Interchange Format, 4:2:2. |
JpegLab444 | 24 BPP (Color) | 24 BPP (Color) | JPEG File Interchange Format, CieLAB 4:4:4. |
JpegLab411 | 24 BPP (Color) | 24 BPP (Color) | JPEG File Interchange Format, CieLAB 4:1:1. |
JpegLab422 | 24 BPP (Color) | 24 BPP (Color) | JPEG File Interchange Format, CieLAB 4:2:2. |
JpegRgb | 24 BPP (Color) | 24 BPP (Color) | JPEG File Interchange Format, RGB 4:4:4. |
Kdc120 | 24 BPP | None | KDC DC120. |
Kdc40 | 24 BPP | None | KDC DC40. |
Kdc50 | 24 BPP | None | KDC DC50. |
LaserData | 1 BPP | None | LaserData CCITT G4. |
Lead1Bit | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | LEAD Proprietary 1-bit Compression Format, type B. |
LeadMrc | 24 BPP | N/A (see note below) | LEAD Mixed Raster Content. |
RasPdf | 24 BPP | N/A (see note below) | PDF Format with LEAD Mixed Raster Content. |
Mac | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | MacPaint - Macintosh Paint. |
Mng | 24 BPP | 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64 BPP | Multiple Network Graphics |
MngGray | 24 BPP | 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 BPP | Multiple Network Graphics Gray |
MngJng | 24 BPP | 8, 24 BPP | Multiple Network Graphics YUV 4-4-4. Supports QFactor ranging from 2-255. |
MngJng411 | 24 BPP | 24 BPP | Multiple Network Graphics YUV 4-1-1 |
MngJng422 | 24 BPP | 24 BPP | Multiple Network Graphics YUV 4-2-2 |
Mrc | 24 BPP | N/A (see note below) | Mixed Raster Content. |
Msp | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | Microsoft Paint. |
PbmBinary | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | Portable Bitmap - Binary File. |
PbmAscii | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | Portable Bitmap - ASCII File. |
PgmBinary | 8 BPP (Grayscale) | 8 BPP (Grayscale) | Portable Greymap - Binary File. |
PgmAscii | 8 BPP (Grayscale) | 8 BPP (Grayscale) | Portable Greymap - ASCII File. |
PpmBinary | 24 BPP | 24 BPP | Portable Pixelmap - Binary File. |
PpmAscii | 24 BPP | 24 BPP | Portable Pixelmap - ASCII File. |
Pcd | 8, 24 BPP | None | Kodak PhotoCD. |
Pct | 1, 4, 8, 16, 24 BPP | 1, 4, 8, 16, 24 BPP | Macintosh QuickDraw. |
Pcx | 1, 4, 8, 24 BPP | 1, 4, 8, 24 BPP | ZSoft PCX. |
RasPdf | Yes* | 1, 2, 4, 8, 24 BPP | Raster PDF uncompressed. |
RasPdfCmyk | N/A* | 24 BPP | Raster PDF with CMYK support. |
RasPdfG31Dim | N/A* | 1 BPP | Raster PDF with G3 1D Compression. |
RasPdfG32Dim | N/A* | 1 BPP | Raster PDF with G3 2D Compression. |
RasPdfG4 | N/A* | 1 BPP | Raster PDF with G4 Compression. |
RasPdfLzw | N/A* | 1, 2, 4, 8, 24 BPP | Raster PDF with LZW Compression. |
RasPdfLzwCmyk | N/A* | 24 BPP | Raster PDF with CMYK support and LZW Compression. |
RasPdfJpeg | N/A* | 8 BPP (Grayscale) 24 BPP | Raster PDF with JPEG 4:4:4 Compression. |
RasPdfJpeg422 | N/A* | 24 BPP | Raster PDF with JPEG 4:2:2 Compression. |
RasPdfJpeg411 | N/A* | 24 BPP | Raster PDF with JPEG 4:1:1 Compression. |
RasPdfJbig2 | N/A* | 1 BPP | Raster PDF with JBIG2 Compression |
Png | 1, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32 BPP | 1, 4, 8, 24, 32 BPP | Portable Network Graphics (PNG). |
PostScript | 1, 2, 4, 8, 24 BPP | None | PostScript Document. |
Psd | 1, 8, 16, 24 BPP | 1, 8, 24 BPP | Adobe Photoshop 3.0. |
Psp | 1, 4, 8 BPP (Grayscale) 8, 24 BPP (Color) | 1, 4, 8 BPP (Grayscale) 8, 24 BPP (Color) | PaintShop Pro Format. |
PspRle | 1, 4, 8 BPP (Grayscale) 8, 24 BPP (Color) | 1, 4, 8 BPP (Grayscale) 8, 24 BPP (Color) | PaintShop Pro Format -RLE Compressed. |
Ptoca | 24 BPP | None | Presentation Text Object Content Architecture format. |
Ras | 1, 4, 8, 24, 32 BPP | 1, 4, 8, 24, 32 BPP | Sun Raster, uncompressed. |
RasRle | 1, 4, 8, 24, 32 BPP | 1, 4, 8, 24, 32 BPP | Sun Raster, RLE compressed. |
RtfRaster | 24 BPP | None | Rich Text Format. |
Sct | 24 BPP | 24 BPP | Scitex Continuous Tone Format. |
Sff | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | Structured Fax File Format. |
Sgi | 8, 24, 32 BPP | 8, 24, 32 BPP | Silicon Graphics Image - uncompressed |
SgiRle | 8, 24, 32 BPP | 8, 24, 32 BPP | Silicon Graphics Image - RLE compressed |
Sid | 24 BPP | 24 BPP | MrSid Format |
Smp | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | Xionics format. |
SmpG31Dim | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | Xionics format, compressed using CCITT Group 3 1D. |
SmpG32Dim | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | Xionics format, compressed using CCITT Group 3 2D. |
SmpG4 | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | Xionics format, compressed using CCITT Group 4. |
Tga | 8, 16, 24, 32 BPP | 8, 16, 24, 32 BPP | TARGA, uncompressed. |
TgaRle | 8, 16, 24, 32 BPP | 8, 16, 24, 32 BPP | TARGA, RLE compressed. |
Tif | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64 BPP | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64 BPP | Tagged Image File Format, with no compression and with RGB color space. |
TifAbic | 1, 4 BPP | 1, 4 BPP | Tagged Image File Format, with ABIC compression and with RGB color space. |
TifCmyk | 24, 32 BPP | 24, 32 BPP | Tagged Image File Format, with no compression and with CMYK color space. |
TifYcc | 24 BPP | 24 BPP | Tagged Image File Format, with no compression and with YCbCr color space. |
TifPackbits | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 16, 24, 32 BPP | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 16, 24, 32 BPP | Tagged Image File Format with PackBits Compression and RGB color space. |
TifPackbitsCmyk | 24, 32 BPP | 24, 32 BPP | Tagged Image File Format with PackBits Compression and CMYK color space. |
TifPackbitsYcc | 24 BPP | 24 BPP | Tagged Image File Format with PackBits Compression and color YCbCr space. |
TifLzw | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64 BPP | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64 BPP | Tagged Image File Format with LZW Compression and RGB color space. |
TifLzwCmyk | 24, 32 BPP | 24, 32 BPP | Tagged Image File Format with LZW Compression and CMYK color space |
TifLzwYcc | 24 BPP | 24 BPP | Tagged Image File Format with LZW Compression and YCbCr color space. |
TifJpeg | 8, 12 16 BPP (Grayscale) 24 BPP | 8, 12 16 BPP (Grayscale) 24 BPP | Tagged Image File Format with JPEG compression and YUV 4:4:4 color space Lossless. |
TifJpeg422 | 8 BPP (Grayscale) 24 BPP | 8 BPP (Grayscale) 24 BPP | Tagged Image File Format with JPEG compression and YUV 4:2:2 color space. |
TifJpeg411 | 8 BPP (Grayscale) 24 BPP | 8 BPP (Grayscale) 24 BPP | Tagged Image File Format with JPEG compression and YUV 4:1:1 color space. |
TifCmp | 8 BPP (Grayscale) 24 BPP | 8 BPP (Grayscale) 24 BPP | Tagged Image File Format with CMP Compression. |
TifJbig | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32 BPP | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32 BPP | Tagged Image File Format with JBIG Compression. |
TifJbig2 | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | Tagged Image File Format with JBIG2 Compression. |
TifJ2k | 8, 12, 16 BPP (Grayscale) 24 BPP | 8, 12, 16 BPP (Grayscale) 24 BPP | Tagged Image File Format with JPEG 2000 Compression. This file format contains only a stream of image data. |
TifCmw | 8, 12, 16 BPP (Grayscale) 24 BPP | 8, 12, 16 BPP (Grayscale) 24 BPP | Tagged Image File Format with Wavelet CMP Compression. |
GeoTiff | 16 BPP (Grayscale) | 16 BPP (Grayscale) | GeoTIFF file format. |
Exif | 24 BPP | 24 BPP | Exif file containing a TIFF image, with no compression and with RGB color space. |
ExifYcc | 24 BPP | 24 BPP | Exif file containing a TIFF image, with no compression and with YCbCr color space. |
ExifJpeg422 | 24 BPP | 24 BPP | Exif file containing a JPEG compressed image. |
ExifJpeg411 | 24 BPP | 24 BPP | Exif 2.0 file containing a JPEG compressed image. |
TifCcitt | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | Tagged Image File Format, compressed using CCITT. |
TifCcittGroup31Dim | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | Tagged Image File Format, compressed using CCITT, group 3, 1 dimension. |
TifCcittGroup32Dim | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | Tagged Image File Format, compressed using CCITT, group 3, 2 dimensions. |
TifCcittGroup4 | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | Tagged Image File Format, compressed using CCITT, group 4. |
TifUnknown | NA | NA | Tagged Image File Format, with unknown compression. |
TifAbc | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | Tagged Image File Format with ABC compression. |
TifMrc | 24 BPP | 24 BPP | Tagged Image File Format with MRC compression. |
TifLeadMrc | 24 BPP | 24 BPP | Tagged Image File Format with LEAD MRC compression. |
TifZip | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32 BPP | None | Tagged Image File Format with ZIP compression. |
TifxJbig | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | TIFF-FX format. JBIG compressed. |
TifxJbigT43 | 3 BPP | 3 BPP | TIFF-FX format. JBIG compressed. |
TifxJbigT43ItuLab | 8 BPP | 8 BPP | TIFF-FX format. JBIG compressed. |
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1 BPP | 1 BPP | TIFF-FX format. JBIG compressed. |
TifxFaxG4 | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | TIFF-FX format, compressed using CCITT group 4. |
1 BPP | 1 BPP | TIFF-FX format, compressed using CCITT group 3, 1 dimension. | |
TifxFaxG32D | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | TIFF-FX format, compressed using CCITT group 3, 2 dimensions. |
TifxJpeg | 8 BPP (Grayscale), 24 BPP | 8 BPP (Grayscale), 24 BPP | TIFF-FX format. JPEG compressed. |
Txt | 24 BPP * | Unsupported | ASCII Text format |
Wbmp | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | Wireless Bitmap. |
WfxG31Dim | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | Winfax, compressed using CCITT group 3, 1 dimension. |
WfxG4 | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | Winfax, compressed using CCITT group 4. |
Wmf | Yes | Yes | Windows Metafile. |
Wmz | Yes | Yes | Compressed Windows Metafile Format |
Wpg | 1, 4, 8 BPP | 1, 4, 8 BPP | WordPerfect Graphics Format. |
Xbm | 1 BPP | 1 BPP | XWindows XBitMap. |
Xpm | 8, 16, 24, 32 BPP | 8, 16, 24, 32 BPP | XWindows XPicMap. |
XPS | 32 BPP | None | XML Paper Specification. |
Xwd10 | 1, 4, 8 BPP | 1, 4, 8 BPP | XWindows X Window dump, version 10. |
Xwd11 | 1, 4, 8, 16. 24, 32 BPP | 1, 4, 8, 16. 24, 32 BPP | XWindows X Window dump, version 11. |