BITMAPFILEHEADER

Overview

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Quick Info

Windows NT
Yes
Win95
Yes
Win32s
Yes
Import Library
-
Header File
wingdi.h
Unicode
No
Platform Notes
None

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

typedef struct tagBITMAPFILEHEADER { // bmfh

WORD bfType;

DWORD bfSize;

WORD bfReserved1;

WORD bfReserved2;

DWORD bfOffBits;

} BITMAPFILEHEADER;

Members
bfType

Specifies the file type. It must be BM.

bfSize

Specifies the size, in bytes, of the bitmap file.

bfReserved1

Reserved; must be zero.

bfReserved2

Reserved; must be 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.