Interchange File Format (IFF)

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IFF (Amiga Interchange) is a general-purpose data storage format (raster), developed by Electronic Arts, Inc. and Commodore-Amiga, Inc. that can associate and store multiple types of data. It is used by ACD FotoCanvas Lite 2.0 and XnView applications.

IFF reads and writes RLE, and non-compressed images. IFF CAT supports multipage files.

The default extension for this format is: IFF.

The file constants associated with this file format are:

Constant	Read Support	Write Support	Description
FILE_IFF_ILBM	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 24 BPP	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 24 BPP	[111] Interchange File - RLE Compressed.
FILE_IFF_CAT	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 24 BPP	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 24 BPP	[112] Interchange File - multiple images per file-RLE Compressed.
FILE_IFF_ILBM_UNCOMPRESSED	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 24 BPP	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 24 BPP	[303] Interchange File - Uncompressed.
FILE_IFF_CAT_UNCOMPRESSED	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 24 BPP	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 24 BPP	[304] Interchange File - multiple images per file-Uncompressed.

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

NOTE: This format does not support LEAD's redirected IO feature, therefore it cannot be used with LMemoryFile::LoadMemory, LMemoryFile::LoadMemoryTile, LMemoryFile::Save, or LFile::FeedLoad.

Platforms

Win32, x64.