.NET: what image file types can Image.FromFile() handle?

Question

I use Image.FromFile() to read image files uploaded by a user. For the 'choose file' dialog box, what file extensions can I allow?

Thanks!

Answer 1

From microsoft's documentation: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/stf701f5.aspx

• BMP
• GIF
• JPEG
• PNG
• TIFF

I believe this should be the filter string:

Bitmap images|*.bmp|GIF images|*.gif|JPEG images|*.jpg; *.jpeg; *.jpe; *.jif; *.jfif; *.jfi|PNG images|*.png|TIFF images|*.tiff; *.tif|All files|*.*

Note that I allowed for additional valid extensions for JPEG and TIFF images.