TIFFCompressionType Property

Description

Returns or sets the compression type of TIFF files. This is a runtime property.

ActiveX Edition	Plug-in Edition	Mac Edition
Since V4.0	Since V4.0	Since V6.4

Data type

Integer

Syntax

ObjectName. TIFFCompressionType

Parameters

None.

Remarks

Allowed Values	Tiff compression type	Description	Supported image format
0	TIFF_AUTO	Auto mode	1, 4, 8, 24 bit
1	TIFF_NONE	Dump mode	1, 4, 8, 24 bit
2	TIFF_RLE	CCITT modified Huffman RLE	1 bit
3	TIFF_FAX3	CCITT Group 3 fax encoding	1 bit
	TIFF_T4	CCITT T.4 (TIFF 6 name)	1 bit
4	TIFF_FAX4	CCITT Group 4 fax encoding	1 bit
	TIFF_T6	CCITT T.6 (TIFF 6 name)	1 bit
5	TIFF_LZW	Lempel-Ziv & Welch	1, 4, 8, 24 bit
32773	TIFF_PACKBITS	Macintosh RLE	1, 4, 8, 24 bit

Note: TIFF_FAX3 and TIFF_T4 are referring to the same compression type. TIFF_FAX4 and TIFF_T6 are referring to the same compression type.

When an error occurs and IfThrowException property is TRUE, an exception will be thrown. Check ErrorCode property and ErrorString property for error information.

See also

SaveAsTIFF() method, SaveAllAsMultiPageTIFF() method