How to embed images of type 'bmp' in to the flash?

Question

I have an image of type '.bmp' (NOT jpeg or png). I am trying to embed it using the following code.

[Embed(source="images/door0091.bmp")] 
private var door0091_class:Class; 
private var door91:Bitmap = new door0091_class();

On compiling, the code throws following error.

'door0091.bmp' does not have a recognized extension, and a mimeType was not provided Unable to transcode door0091.bmp.

To overcome that I tried to give a 'mimeType' which is giving a type coercion error during runtime:

[Embed(source="images/door0091.bmp", mimeType = 'application/octet-stream')] 
private var door0091_class:Class; 
private var door91:Bitmap = new door0091_class();

TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert DoorImages_door0091_class@3891e041 to flash.display.Bitmap.

I've searched in the google, but I am not able to find the correct answer. I don't want to convert the image type(bmp) to jpeg or png.

Anyone have any idea about this?? Please help!!!

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

The BMP format is not supported by flash natively. If you absolutely need your images to be bmps, you could load/embed the images as binary, then decode them. Here's a BMP decoder that might be of help (I've never used it).

This blog post could also be worth checking.