Format Enumeration

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Defines various types of surface formats.

Namespace:  Microsoft.WindowsMobile.DirectX.Direct3D
Assembly:  Microsoft.WindowsMobile.DirectX (in Microsoft.WindowsMobile.DirectX.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Enumeration Format
'Usage
Dim instance As Format

public enum Format

public enum class Format

type Format

Members

	Member name	Description
	Unknown	Unknown surface format.
	R8G8B8	A 24-bit RGB pixel format that uses 8 bits per channel.
	A8R8G8B8	A 32-bit ARGB pixel format, with alpha, that uses 8 bits per channel.
	X8R8G8B8	A 32-bit RGB pixel format that reserves 8 bits for each color.
	R5G6B5	A 16-bit RGB pixel format that uses 5 bits for red, 6 bits for green, and 5 bits for blue.
	X1R5G5B5	A 16-bit pixel format that reserves 5 bits for each color.
	A1R5G5B5	A 16-bit pixel format that reserves 5 bits for each color and 1 bit for alpha.
	A4R4G4B4	A 16-bit ARGB pixel format that uses 4 bits per channel.
	R3G3B2	An 8-bit RGB texture format that uses 3 bits for red, 3 bits for green, and 2 bits for blue.
	A8R3G3B2	A 16-bit ARGB texture format that uses 8 bits for alpha, 3 bits each for red and green, and 2 bits for blue.
	X4R4G4B4	A 16-bit RGB pixel format that uses 4 bits per color.
	A8P8	An 8-bit format, color-indexed with 8 bits of alpha.
	P8	An 8-bit format, color-indexed.
	A8	8-bit alpha only.
	UYVY	UYVY format (PC98 compliance).
	YUY2	YUY2 format (PC98 compliance).
	Dxt1	DXT1 compression texture format.
	Dxt2	DXT2 compression texture format.
	Dxt3	DXT3 compression texture format.
	Dxt4	DXT4 compression texture format.
	Dxt5	DXT5 compression texture format.
	VertexData	Vertex buffer surface.
	D32	A 32-bit z-buffer bit depth.
	D15S1	A 16-bit z-buffer bit depth that reserves 15 bits for the depth channel and 1 bit for the stencil channel.
	D24S8	A 32-bit z-buffer bit depth that uses 24 bits for the depth channel and 8 bits for the stencil channel.
	D16	A 16-bit z-buffer bit depth.
	D24X8	A 32-bit z-buffer bit depth that uses 24 bits for the depth channel.
	D24X4S4	A 32-bit z-buffer bit depth that uses 24 bits for the depth channel and 4 bits for the stencil channel.
	Index16	16-bit index buffer format.
	Index32	32-bit index buffer format.

Platforms

Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0

See Also

Reference

Microsoft.WindowsMobile.DirectX.Direct3D Namespace

Other Resources

Mobile Direct3D Programming in the .NET Compact Framework