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. Platforms: .NET 2/3, .NET 4, Silverlight, Silverlight Windows Phone 7, Android
BmpRle	4, 8 BPP	1, 4, 8, 24 BPP	Windows BMP, with RLE compression. Platforms: .NET 2/3, .NET 4, Silverlight, Silverlight Windows Phone 7
Os2	1, 4, 8, 16, 24 BPP	1, 4, 8, 16, 24 BPP	OS/2 BMP version 1.x. Platforms: .NET 2/3, .NET 4
Os22	1, 4, 8, 16, 24 BPP	1, 4, 8, 16, 24 BPP	OS/2 BMP version 2.x. Platforms: .NET 2/3, .NET 4

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 .