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Peder Y

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Sep 13, 2004, 4:48:56 PM9/13/04
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Say I have declared an Image as:

Image img = Image.FromFile(@"C:\file.jpg");

Now, how can I retrieve the original format (jpg) from img?

img.GetType().Name always returns "Bitmap".

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Peter Rilling

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Sep 13, 2004, 4:59:40 PM9/13/04
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Image.RawFormat

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mdb

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Sep 13, 2004, 5:00:36 PM9/13/04
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pyd...@ec.auckland.ac.nz (Peder Y) wrote in
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> Image img = Image.FromFile(@"C:\file.jpg");
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> Now, how can I retrieve the original format (jpg) from img?

I don't think the Image class maintains that information at all. Your best
bet is to check the file extension.

-mdb

Peder Y

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Sep 14, 2004, 10:12:45 AM9/14/04
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I looked at Image.Rawformat, but didn't get any wiser. Anyone able to
explain this a bit further?

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