BITMAPFILEHEADER

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4/8/2010

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

See Also

Reference

BITMAPCOREINFO
BITMAPINFO
GDI Structures