BitmapSource Class
Represents a single, constant set of pixels at a certain size and resolution.
Assembly: PresentationCore (in PresentationCore.dll)
System.Windows.Threading::DispatcherObject
System.Windows::DependencyObject
System.Windows::Freezable
System.Windows.Media.Animation::Animatable
System.Windows.Media::ImageSource
System.Windows.Media.Imaging::BitmapSource
System.Windows.Interop::InteropBitmap
System.Windows.Media.Imaging::BitmapFrame
System.Windows.Media.Imaging::BitmapImage
System.Windows.Media.Imaging::CachedBitmap
System.Windows.Media.Imaging::ColorConvertedBitmap
System.Windows.Media.Imaging::CroppedBitmap
System.Windows.Media.Imaging::FormatConvertedBitmap
System.Windows.Media.Imaging::RenderTargetBitmap
System.Windows.Media.Imaging::TransformedBitmap
System.Windows.Media.Imaging::WriteableBitmap
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | BitmapSource() | Initializes a new instance of the BitmapSource class. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | CanFreeze | Gets a value that indicates whether the object can be made unmodifiable. (Inherited from Freezable.) |
![]() | DependencyObjectType | Gets the DependencyObjectType that wraps the CLR type of this instance. (Inherited from DependencyObject.) |
![]() | Dispatcher | Gets the Dispatcher this DispatcherObject is associated with. (Inherited from DispatcherObject.) |
![]() | DpiX | Gets the horizontal dots per inch (dpi) of the image. |
![]() | DpiY | Gets the vertical dots per inch (dpi) of the image. |
![]() | Format | Gets the native PixelFormat of the bitmap data. |
![]() | HasAnimatedProperties | Gets a value that indicates whether one or more AnimationClock objects is associated with any of this object's dependency properties.(Inherited from Animatable.) |
![]() | Height | Gets the height of the source bitmap in device-independent units (1/96th inch per unit). (Overrides ImageSource::Height.) |
![]() | IsDownloading | Gets a value that indicates whether the BitmapSource content is currently downloading. |
![]() | IsFrozen | Gets a value that indicates whether the object is currently modifiable. (Inherited from Freezable.) |
![]() | IsSealed | Gets a value that indicates whether this instance is currently sealed (read-only).(Inherited from DependencyObject.) |
![]() | Metadata | Gets the metadata that is associated with this bitmap image. (Overrides ImageSource::Metadata.) |
![]() | Palette | Gets the color palette of the bitmap, if one is specified. |
![]() | PixelHeight | Gets the height of the bitmap in pixels. |
![]() | PixelWidth | Gets the width of the bitmap in pixels. |
![]() | Width | Gets the width of the bitmap in device-independent units (1/96th inch per unit). (Overrides ImageSource::Width.) |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | ApplyAnimationClock(DependencyProperty^, AnimationClock^) | Applies an AnimationClock to the specified DependencyProperty. If the property is already animated, the SnapshotAndReplace handoff behavior is used.(Inherited from Animatable.) |
![]() | ApplyAnimationClock(DependencyProperty^, AnimationClock^, HandoffBehavior) | Applies an AnimationClock to the specified DependencyProperty. If the property is already animated, the specified HandoffBehavior is used.(Inherited from Animatable.) |
![]() | BeginAnimation(DependencyProperty^, AnimationTimeline^) | Applies an animation to the specified DependencyProperty. The animation is started when the next frame is rendered. If the specified property is already animated, the SnapshotAndReplace handoff behavior is used.(Inherited from Animatable.) |
![]() | BeginAnimation(DependencyProperty^, AnimationTimeline^, HandoffBehavior) | Applies an animation to the specified DependencyProperty. The animation is started when the next frame is rendered. If the specified property is already animated, the specified HandoffBehavior is used. (Inherited from Animatable.) |
![]() | CheckAccess() | Determines whether the calling thread has access to this DispatcherObject.(Inherited from DispatcherObject.) |
![]() | CheckIfSiteOfOrigin() | Checks whether the bitmap source content is from a known site of origin. This method is used to make sure that pixel copying operations are safe. |
![]() | ClearValue(DependencyProperty^) | Clears the local value of a property. The property to be cleared is specified by a DependencyProperty identifier. (Inherited from DependencyObject.) |
![]() | ClearValue(DependencyPropertyKey^) | Clears the local value of a read-only property. The property to be cleared is specified by a DependencyPropertyKey. (Inherited from DependencyObject.) |
![]() | Clone() | Creates a modifiable clone of this BitmapSource, making deep copies of this object's values. When copying dependency properties, this method copies resource references and data bindings (but they might no longer resolve) but not animations or their current values. |
![]() | CloneCore(Freezable^) | Makes this instance a deep copy of the specified BitmapSource. When copying dependency properties, this method copies resource references and data bindings (but they might no longer resolve) but not animations or their current values.(Overrides Freezable::CloneCore(Freezable^).) |
![]() | CloneCurrentValue() | Creates a modifiable clone of this BitmapSource object, making deep copies of this object's current values. Resource references, data bindings, and animations are not copied, but their current values are. |
![]() | CloneCurrentValueCore(Freezable^) | Makes this instance a modifiable deep copy of the specified BitmapSource using current property values. Resource references, data bindings, and animations are not copied, but their current values are.(Overrides Freezable::CloneCurrentValueCore(Freezable^).) |
![]() | CoerceValue(DependencyProperty^) | Coerces the value of the specified dependency property. This is accomplished by invoking any CoerceValueCallback function specified in property metadata for the dependency property as it exists on the calling DependencyObject.(Inherited from DependencyObject.) |
![]() | CopyPixels(Array^, Int32, Int32) | Copies the bitmap pixel data into an array of pixels with the specified stride, starting at the specified offset. |
![]() | CopyPixels(Int32Rect, Array^, Int32, Int32) | Copies the bitmap pixel data within the specified rectangle into an array of pixels that has the specified stride starting at the specified offset. |
![]() | CopyPixels(Int32Rect, IntPtr, Int32, Int32) | Copies the bitmap pixel data within the specified rectangle |
![]() ![]() | Create(Int32, Int32, Double, Double, PixelFormat, BitmapPalette^, Array^, Int32) | Creates a new BitmapSource from an array of pixels. |
![]() ![]() | Create(Int32, Int32, Double, Double, PixelFormat, BitmapPalette^, IntPtr, Int32, Int32) | Creates a new BitmapSource from an array of pixels that are stored in unmanaged memory. |
![]() | CreateInstance() | |
![]() | CreateInstanceCore() | |
![]() | Equals(Object^) | Determines whether a provided DependencyObject is equivalent to the current DependencyObject.(Inherited from DependencyObject.) |
![]() | Finalize() | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection.(Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | Freeze() | |
![]() | FreezeCore(Boolean) | Makes an instance of BitmapSource or a derived class immutable.(Overrides Animatable::FreezeCore(Boolean).) |
![]() | GetAnimationBaseValue(DependencyProperty^) | Returns the non-animated value of the specified DependencyProperty.(Inherited from Animatable.) |
![]() | GetAsFrozen() | |
![]() | GetAsFrozenCore(Freezable^) | Makes this instance a clone of the specified BitmapSource object. (Overrides Freezable::GetAsFrozenCore(Freezable^).) |
![]() | GetCurrentValueAsFrozen() | |
![]() | GetCurrentValueAsFrozenCore(Freezable^) | Makes this instance a frozen clone of the specified BitmapSource. Resource references, data bindings, and animations are not copied, but their current values are.(Overrides Freezable::GetCurrentValueAsFrozenCore(Freezable^).) |
![]() | GetHashCode() | Gets a hash code for this DependencyObject.(Inherited from DependencyObject.) |
![]() | GetLocalValueEnumerator() | Creates a specialized enumerator for determining which dependency properties have locally set values on this DependencyObject. (Inherited from DependencyObject.) |
![]() | GetType() | |
![]() | GetValue(DependencyProperty^) | Returns the current effective value of a dependency property on this instance of a DependencyObject. (Inherited from DependencyObject.) |
![]() | InvalidateProperty(DependencyProperty^) | Re-evaluates the effective value for the specified dependency property(Inherited from DependencyObject.) |
![]() | MemberwiseClone() | |
![]() | OnChanged() | |
![]() | OnFreezablePropertyChanged(DependencyObject^, DependencyObject^) | Ensures that appropriate context pointers are established for a DependencyObjectType data member that has just been set.(Inherited from Freezable.) |
![]() | OnFreezablePropertyChanged(DependencyObject^, DependencyObject^, DependencyProperty^) | This member supports the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.(Inherited from Freezable.) |
![]() | OnPropertyChanged(DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs) | Overrides the DependencyObject implementation of OnPropertyChanged to also invoke any Changed handlers in response to a changing dependency property of type Freezable.(Inherited from Freezable.) |
![]() | ReadLocalValue(DependencyProperty^) | Returns the local value of a dependency property, if it exists. (Inherited from DependencyObject.) |
![]() | ReadPreamble() | |
![]() | SetCurrentValue(DependencyProperty^, Object^) | Sets the value of a dependency property without changing its value source. (Inherited from DependencyObject.) |
![]() | SetValue(DependencyProperty^, Object^) | Sets the local value of a dependency property, specified by its dependency property identifier. (Inherited from DependencyObject.) |
![]() | SetValue(DependencyPropertyKey^, Object^) | Sets the local value of a read-only dependency property, specified by the DependencyPropertyKey identifier of the dependency property. (Inherited from DependencyObject.) |
![]() | ShouldSerializeProperty(DependencyProperty^) | Returns a value that indicates whether serialization processes should serialize the value for the provided dependency property.(Inherited from DependencyObject.) |
![]() | ToString() | Creates a string representation of this object based on the current culture. (Inherited from ImageSource.) |
![]() | ToString(IFormatProvider^) | Creates a string representation of this object based on the IFormatProvider passed in. If the provider is null, the CurrentCulture is used. (Inherited from ImageSource.) |
![]() | VerifyAccess() | Enforces that the calling thread has access to this DispatcherObject.(Inherited from DispatcherObject.) |
![]() | WritePostscript() | |
![]() | WritePreamble() |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | Changed | |
![]() | DecodeFailed | Occurs when the image fails to load, due to a corrupt image header. |
![]() | DownloadCompleted | Occurs when the bitmap content has been completely downloaded. |
![]() | DownloadFailed | Occurs when the bitmap content failed to download. |
![]() | DownloadProgress | Occurs when the download progress of the bitmap content has changed. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() ![]() | IFormattable::ToString(String^, IFormatProvider^) | Formats the value of the current instance using the specified format.(Inherited from ImageSource.) |
BitmapSource is the basic building block of the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) imaging pipeline, conceptually representing a single, constant set of pixels at a certain size and resolution. A BitmapSource could be a single frame in an image file that a decoder provides, or it could be the result of a transform that operates on a BitmapSource of its own. BitmapSource is not used to represent a multi-frame image or an animation.
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) natively supports compression and decompression of bitmap (BMP), Graphics Interchange Format (GIF), Joint Photographics Experts Group (JPEG), Portable Network Graphics (PNG), and Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) images.
For bitmap decoding scenarios, BitmapSource uses automatic codec discovery, based on the installed codecs on the user's system.
The maximum height and width of an image is 2^16 pixels at 32 bits per channel * 4 channels. The maximum size of a BitmapSource is 2^32 bytes (64 gigabytes) and the maximum image size is four gigapixels. The minimum image size is 1x1.
The following code example demonstrates how to create a BitmapSource and use it as the source of an Image control.
The following code example uses a BitmapSource derived class, BitmapImage, to create a bitmap from an image file and use it as the source of an Image control.
Available since 3.0
Silverlight
Available since 3.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
Any public static ( Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.






