Loading .bmp and .tiff file in Flash 10 using loader

Question

Hi,

I am developing a Image uploader using Flash 10. I am using Filereference object to browse images and Loader to show the image:

Sample code: var tempFileRef:FileReference = FileReference(ev.target); var oLoader:Loader = new Loader(); oLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onImageLoad); oLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, onIOError); oLoader.loadBytes(tempFileRef.data);

It works fine with .jpg and .gif files but when I browse .bmp or .tiff file, I am getting the error: Error #2124: Loaded file is an unknown type.

Is there a way to load and display browsed .bmp images from desktop?

Thanks

Answer 1

No. Flash does not support .bmp and .tiff files.

Adobe Help Docs

"The bitmap image formats supported by Adobe Flash Player are GIF, JPG, and PNG."

Answer 2

BMPDecoder class from Spark lib: http://www.libspark.org/svn/as3/BMPDecoder/src/com/voidelement/images/BMPDecoder.as

Example of the usage: http://hi.baidu.com/leyhui/blog/item/d12be8b116ec915308230298.html

Regarding TIFFDecoder, it is still work in progress, but very promising one:

http://code.google.com/p/windowsbitmapdencoder/