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BITMAPFILEHEADER (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)

1/6/2010

This structure contains information about the type, size, and layout of a file that containing a device-independent bitmap (DIB).

Syntax

typedef struct tagBITMAPFILEHEADER {
  WORD bfType; 
  DWORD bfSize; 
  WORD bfReserved1; 
  WORD bfReserved2; 
  DWORD bfOffBits; 
} BITMAPFILEHEADER; 

Members

  • bfType
    Specifies the file type. It must be set to the signature word BM (0x4D42) to indicate bitmap.
  • bfSize
    Specifies the size, in bytes, of the bitmap file.
  • bfReserved1
    Reserved; set to zero
  • bfReserved2
    Reserved; set to zero
  • bfOffBits
    Specifies the offset, in bytes, from the BITMAPFILEHEADER structure to the bitmap bits

Remarks

A BITMAPINFO or BITMAPCOREINFO structure immediately follows the BITMAPFILEHEADER structure in the DIB file.

Requirements

Header windows.h
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE 2.0 and later

See Also

Reference

GDI Structures
BITMAPCOREINFO
BITMAPINFO