Coulnt read Unsigned short Tiff files in test complete 4

Hi,





I am using TestComplete 4. Reading Tiff files works only for Tiff of UnsignedChar type and fails for all other Tiff file types (Unsigned Short).





Here is the code i used,





 Pict1 = Utils.Picture;

 Pict2 = Utils.Picture;





 Pict1.LoadFromFile(path+file1);

 Pict2.LoadFromFile(path+file2);





 // Comparing the images using the Compare method

 if (!Pict1.Compare(Pict2))

 {

   Log.Picture(Pict1);

   Log.Picture(Pict2);

   Log.Error("The compared images are not identical");

 }





Picture object Handle is Zero for files of type other than Unsigned Char.

I have attached the test data of both types, please tell me a way out to fix

this issue.





In the attached files, canister)small.tif is a UnsignedShort type, and other is UnsignedChar type