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Devices based on Windows Mobile may include support for the following formats, depending on what support has been added to your device by the manufacturer.

Still Image Formats

Format Description For More Information

JPG

A Compressed image format from the Joint Photographic Experts Group.

This format is supported by:

The ImagingAPI. See the topic Imaging GUIDsfor more information.

The Shell. See Shell, GWES, and User Interfacefor more information.

Direct3D Mobile in certain functions. See D3DMXLoadSurfaceFromFilefor an example.

Internet Explorer Mobile. See Support for Images and Sound on a Windows Mobile Device

PNG 1.1

Portable Network Graphics format

This format is supported by:

The ImagingAPI. See the topic Imaging GUIDsfor more information.

The Shell. See Shell, GWES, and User Interfacefor more information.

Internet Explorer Mobile. See Support for Images and Sound on a Windows Mobile Device

TIFF

Tagged Image Format

This format is supported by:

The ImagingAPI. See the topic Imaging GUIDsfor more information.

GIF

Graphics Interchange Format

This format is supported by:

The ImagingAPI. See the topic Imaging GUIDsfor more information.

Internet Explorer Mobile. See Support for Images and Sound on a Windows Mobile Device

BMP

Microsoft Bitmap

This format is supported by:

The ImagingAPI. See the topic Imaging GUIDsfor more information.

The Shell. See Shell, GWES, and User Interfacefor more information.

Internet Explorer Mobile. See Support for Images and Sound on a Windows Mobile Device

EXIF

Exchangeable Image File Format

This format is supported by:

The ImagingAPI. See the topic Imaging GUIDsfor more information.

ICO

Microsoft icon file.

This format is supported by:

The ImagingAPI. See the topic Imaging GUIDsfor more information.

The Shell. See Shell, GWES, and User Interfacefor more information.

See Also

Concepts

Supported Media Formats

Other Resources

Graphics