IsKnownFormat

Declaration

function IsKnownFormat(const FileName : WideString; bIncludeVideoFiles: Boolean = False) : boolean;

Description

Returns true if the specified filename is a supported file format that can be loaded.
By default, this only includes image formats. Set bIncludeVideoFiles to true to include AVI, MPEG and WMV

Note: This method only checks that file extension is recognized (e.g. .JPEG of image.jpeg). To examine the content of the image to determine if it is readable use FindFileFormat

See also: IsKnownSaveFormat

Example

If IsKnownFormat('C:\test.fax') then
  ShowMessage('ok, I can load it');

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