WindowsImagingComponent or System.Windows.Media.Imaging
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I need to work with some bitmaps in managed code and save them as PNG files. Should I use Microsoft.WindowsAPICodePack.DirectX.WindowsImagingComponent, or System.Windows.Media.Imaging? They both seem very similar, and I'm not sure why I would choose one over the other. Can anybody compare and contrast them?
Solution
They both use WIC, that's why they are so similar. The Windows API Code pack is retired content, you'll want to use the WPF namespace since it is available on .NET 3 and up and doesn't require a separate install.
OTHER TIPS
Microsoft.WindowsAPICodePack.DirectX.WindowsImagingComponent is in the Windows API Code Pack, which is a source code library that you would need to build into your application. On the other hand, System.Windows.Media.Imaging is included in the .NET Framework.
If you have no other use for the Windows API Code Pack, I would recommend using System.Windows.Media.Imaging. I believe the inclusion of a WIC API in the Windows API Code Pack is primarily for interoperability with the DirectX APIs in the Code Pack, which have no equivalents in the .NET Framework.
