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---
title: "How to: Encode and Decode a BMP Image"
description: Learn how to Encode and Decode a BMP image.
ms.date: "03/30/2017"
ms.custom: devdivchpfy22
dev_langs:
- "csharp"
- "vb"
- "cpp"
helpviewer_keywords:
- "encoding BMP images [WPF]"
- "BMP encoding [WPF]"
- "decoding BMP images [WPF]"
- "encoding image formats [WPF]"
- "BMP decoding [WPF]"
- "decoding image formats [WPF]"
ms.assetid: feb5ef27-28ac-40ab-bfc2-e0456990d32c
---
# How to: Encode and Decode a BMP Image
The following examples show how to decode and encode a bitmap (BMP) image using the specific <xref:System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BmpBitmapDecoder> and <xref:System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BmpBitmapEncoder> objects.
## Decode a BMP image
This example demonstrates how to decode a BMP image using a <xref:System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BmpBitmapDecoder> from a <xref:System.Uri>.
[!code-cpp[BmpBitmapDecoderEncoder#5](~/samples/snippets/cpp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/BmpBitmapDecoderEncoder/CPP/anotherfile.cpp#5)]
[!code-csharp[BmpBitmapDecoderEncoder#5](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/BmpBitmapDecoderEncoder/CSharp/BitmapFrame.cs#5)]
[!code-vb[BmpBitmapDecoderEncoder#5](~/samples/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_Wpf/BmpBitmapDecoderEncoder/VB/BitmapFrame.vb#5)]
## Encode a BMP image
This example demonstrates how to encode a <xref:System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapSource> into a BMP image using a <xref:System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BmpBitmapEncoder>.
[!code-cpp[BmpBitmapDecoderEncoder#4](~/samples/snippets/cpp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/BmpBitmapDecoderEncoder/CPP/anotherfile.cpp#4)]
[!code-csharp[BmpBitmapDecoderEncoder#4](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/BmpBitmapDecoderEncoder/CSharp/BitmapFrame.cs#4)]
[!code-vb[BmpBitmapDecoderEncoder#4](~/samples/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_Wpf/BmpBitmapDecoderEncoder/VB/BitmapFrame.vb#4)]
## See also
- [Imaging Overview](imaging-overview.md)