BITMAPFILEHEADER structure

The BITMAPFILEHEADER structure contains information about the type, size, and layout of a file that contains a DIB.

Syntax


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

Members

bfType: The file type; must be BM.
bfSize: The size, in bytes, of the bitmap file.
bfReserved1: Reserved; must be zero.
bfReserved2: Reserved; must be zero.
bfOffBits: The offset, in bytes, from the beginning of the BITMAPFILEHEADER structure to the bitmap bits.

Remarks

A BITMAPINFO or BITMAPCOREINFO structure immediately follows the BITMAPFILEHEADER structure in the DIB file. For more information, see Bitmap Storage.

Requirements

Minimum supported client	Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]
Header	Wingdi.h (include Windows.h)

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