How You Can Store Images in Files

8. Working with Images and Text Strings : How You Can Work with Images : BitmapObject Class : How You Can Store Images in Files

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You can use your file system to store and retrieve images from standard files. To do this, you must create and maintain the bitmap images in files. OpenROAD reads image files in the following formats:

xbm

Specifies X standard monochrome bitmap format

rast

Specifies Sun raster format for color or monochrome bitmaps

gif

Specifies GIF portable format for color or monochrome bitmaps

tiff

Specifies color or black and white bitmap (including TIFF FAX Group 3 or 4 format files)

cur

Specifies CUR format for Windows cursor files

jpg

Specifies JPEG format

bmp

Specifies BMP format

ico

Specifies ICO format for Windows icon files

If you have an image stored in another format, you must use a conversion utility to convert the file into one of these valid formats before you use it with OpenROAD.

For more information, see Bitmap File Formats for BitmapObject in the Language Reference Guide.