Format Enumeration

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

public enum Format

public enum Format

Members

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

Platforms

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

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

Version Information

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 2.0

See Also

Reference

Microsoft.WindowsMobile.DirectX.Direct3D Namespace

Other Resources

Mobile Direct3D Programming