TPicture and non-standard image file name extensions

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Question:

Can we use TPicture.LoadFromFile() for loading images while their file
extension isn't recognized by TPicture? For example if BMP files have been renamed to *.img.

Answer:

If you know the format and it is indeed a bitmap then you can force it to work - see the first piece of code below.

You can even register your own extension with the second piece of code.

	begin // force it to be treated as a bitmap: Image1.Picture.Bitmap.LoadFromFile('APicture.img'); // register your IMG extension application-wide to be treated as a bitmap: Image1.Picture.RegisterFileFormat('img','Bitmap file',TBitmap); Image1.Picture.LoadFromFile('APicture.img'); end.

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2006-05-25, 19:03:18

anonymous from United States

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