BitmapDecoder.CodecInfo Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Windows.Media.Imaging

Assembly:: PresentationCore.dll

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Gets information that describes this codec.

public:
 virtual property System::Windows::Media::Imaging::BitmapCodecInfo ^ CodecInfo { System::Windows::Media::Imaging::BitmapCodecInfo ^ get(); };

public virtual System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapCodecInfo CodecInfo { [System.Security.SecurityCritical] get; }

public virtual System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapCodecInfo CodecInfo { get; }

[<get: System.Security.SecurityCritical>]
member this.CodecInfo : System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapCodecInfo

member this.CodecInfo : System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapCodecInfo

Public Overridable ReadOnly Property CodecInfo As BitmapCodecInfo

Property Value

BitmapCodecInfo

An instance of BitmapCodecInfo. This property has no default value.

Attributes: SecurityCriticalAttribute

Examples

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

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);

Dim stream As New FileStream("empty.tif", FileMode.Create)
Dim encoder As New TiffBitmapEncoder()
Dim myTextBlock As 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)

Remarks

A BitmapCodecInfo implementation is required for every codec.

Applies to

Product	Versions
.NET Framework	3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
Windows Desktop	3.0, 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

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