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BitmapEncoder.CodecInfo Property

.NET Framework 4

Other Versions

Gets information that describes this codec.

Namespace: System.Windows.Media.Imaging
Assembly: PresentationCore (in PresentationCore.dll)

Syntax

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public virtual BitmapCodecInfo CodecInfo { get; }

Property Value

Type: System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapCodecInfo
An instance of BitmapCodecInfo.

Remarks

A BitmapCodecInfo implementation is required for every codec.

Examples

The following example shows how to read information from a BitmapCodecInfo object and send it to a string.

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FileStream stream = new FileStream("empty.tif", FileMode.Create);
TiffBitmapEncoder encoder = new TiffBitmapEncoder();
TextBlock myTextBlock = new TextBlock();
myTextBlock.Text = "Codec Author is: " + encoder.CodecInfo.Author.ToString();
encoder.Frames.Add(BitmapFrame.Create(image));
MessageBox.Show(myPalette.Colors.Count.ToString());
encoder.Save(stream);

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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

Reference

BitmapEncoder Class

System.Windows.Media.Imaging Namespace

BitmapCodecInfo

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