This property refers to the bit count of the image. Retrieved after executing the GetImagefileType or GetImagefileTypeMem methods.
Property Value
The FileBitCount property refers to the number of bits per pixel in the image. (1, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32). See below
Explanation
The FileBitCount property shows the number of colors in the image.
1:2 colors (i.e.Black and
White) 4:16
colors 8:256
colors
16:16 bit
color 24:24
bit
color 32:32
bit color
This property value can be retrieved by executing the GetImagefileType or GetImagefileTypeMem methods.
When using vector image formats the following properties are disabled; FileBitCount, FileImageSize, FileMaxPage, and FileWidthByte.
Setting this value
This value cannot be set.
Retrieving this value
This value can be retrieved at run-time.