ImageCodecInfo.GetImageEncoders Method

private void GetImageEncodersExample(PaintEventArgs e)
{

    // Get an array of available codecs.
    ImageCodecInfo[] myCodecs;
    myCodecs = ImageCodecInfo.GetImageEncoders();
    int numCodecs = myCodecs.GetLength(0);

    //numCodecs = 1;

    // Set up display variables.
    Color foreColor = Color.Black;
    Font font = new Font("Arial", 8);
    int i = 0;

    // Check to determine whether any codecs were found.
    if(numCodecs > 0)
    {

        // Set up an array to hold codec information. There are 9

        // information elements plus 1 space for each codec, so 10 times

        // the number of codecs found is allocated.
        string[] myCodecInfo = new string[numCodecs*10];

        // Write all the codec information to the array.
        for(i=0;i<numCodecs;i++)
        {
            myCodecInfo[i*10] = "Codec Name = " + myCodecs[i].CodecName;
            myCodecInfo[(i*10)+1] = "Class ID = " +
                myCodecs[i].Clsid.ToString();
            myCodecInfo[(i*10)+2] = "DLL Name = " + myCodecs[i].DllName;
            myCodecInfo[(i*10)+3] = "Filename Ext. = " +
                myCodecs[i].FilenameExtension;
            myCodecInfo[(i*10)+4] = "Flags = " +
                myCodecs[i].Flags.ToString();
            myCodecInfo[(i*10)+5] = "Format Descrip. = " +
                myCodecs[i].FormatDescription;
            myCodecInfo[(i*10)+6] = "Format ID = " +
                myCodecs[i].FormatID.ToString();
            myCodecInfo[(i*10)+7] = "MimeType = " + myCodecs[i].MimeType;
            myCodecInfo[(i*10)+8] = "Version = " +
                myCodecs[i].Version.ToString();
            myCodecInfo[(i*10)+9] = " ";
        }
        int numMyCodecInfo = myCodecInfo.GetLength(0);

        // Render all of the information to the screen.
        int j=20;
        for(i=0;i<numMyCodecInfo;i++)
        {
            e.Graphics.DrawString(myCodecInfo[i],
                font,
                new SolidBrush(foreColor),
                20,
                j);
            j+=12;
        }
    }
    else
        e.Graphics.DrawString("No Codecs Found",
            font,
            new SolidBrush(foreColor),
            20,
            20);
}