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File Formats: Open XML Paper Specification Format (XPS)

Note: Support for this file format requires Document/Medical licensing.

The XML Paper Specification format is a new electronic document format supported natively by Office 2007 and Windows VISTA. Previous versions of Windows were based on the GDI interface. The XPS format is designed for high-quality printing. The standard for XPS is TC46 - Open XML Paper Specification (XPS), which is produced by Ecma.

For more information on XPS, refer to http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/xps/default.mspx

Support for this file format can be unlocked using the following support constant: Document.

Note: If the support for this file format is locked and the user loaded a sample file, then a thumbnail will be loaded showing the image.

File constants associated with this file format are:

Constant Read Support Write Support Description
Xps 24 BPP

1,4,8,24 and 32

Raster XPS file with images saved as PNG.
XpsJpeg

N/A*

8 BPP (Grayscale)
24 BPP

Raster XPS with JPEG 4:0:0 Compression for 8-bit or JPEG 4:4:4 Compression for 24-bit.
XpsJpeg422

N/A*

24 BPP

Raster XPS with JPEG 4:2:2 Compression.
XpsJpeg411

N/A*

24 BPP

Raster XPS with JPEG 4:1:1 Compression.

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

* When you request file information on a XPS file, Xps will always be returned for the file format, regardless of the composition of the XPS file. LEADTOOLS for WPF can read XPS documents that are made up of both text and images. The text and images are rasterized into one raster image for each page of the document. LEADTOOLS can write XPS documents that are made up of raster images only.

Note: This format is supported by the Document/Medical products only.