Load Jpg/Gif/Bitmap and convert to Bitmap
I have to load an image from an XML file. There is no information in the XML file about whether the image is JPG/GIF/BMP. After loading the image, I need to convert it to Bitmap. Does anyone have any clue how to convert images to Bitmap without knowing the actual file format? I'm using Delphi 2007/2009 Thank you. Delphi 2009 comes with built in support for JPEG, BMP, GIF and PNG. For earlier versions of Delphi you may need to find third party implementations for PNG and GIF, but in Delphi 2009 you simply add the Jpeg , pngimage and GIFImg units to your uses clause. If the file has an extension