How to Write a WIC-Enabled CODEC

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This white paper explains how to write a Windows Imaging Component (WIC)-enabled image CODEC. When users install a WIC-enabled CODEC in Windows Vista, they automatically receive full platform support for the image format, including viewing thumbnails in Photo Gallery and Windows Explorer and displaying images in Windows Image Viewer. In both Windows Vista and Windows XP, applications built on WIC can use a WIC-enabled CODEC to decode and display images in your image format and to add or edit metadata (and encode the images if you choose to support encoding).

This information applies for the following operating systems:
Windows Server 2008
Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows XP

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