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Windows NT
Yes
Win95
Yes
Win32s
Yes
Import Library
gdi32.lib
Header File
wingdi.h
Unicode
No
Platform Notes
Windows 95: 16-bit coordinates only

BitBlt

The BitBlt function performs a bit-block transfer of the color data corresponding to a rectangle of pixels from the specified source device context into a destination device context.

BOOL BitBlt(

HDC hdcDest,
// handle to destination device context
int nXDest,
// x-coordinate of destination rectangle's upper-left corner
int nYDest,
// y-coordinate of destination rectangle's upper-left corner
int nWidth,
// width of destination rectangle
int nHeight,
// height of destination rectangle
HDC hdcSrc,
// handle to source device context
int nXSrc,
// x-coordinate of source rectangle's upper-left corner
int nYSrc,
// y-coordinate of source rectangle's upper-left corner
DWORD dwRop
// raster operation code
);

Parameters

hdcDest

Identifies the destination device context.

nXDest

Specifies the logical x-coordinate of the upper-left corner of the destination rectangle.

nYDest

Specifies the logical y-coordinate of the upper-left corner of the destination rectangle.

nWidth

Specifies the logical width of the source and destination rectangles.

nHeight

Specifies the logical height of the source and the destination rectangles.

hdcSrc

Identifies the source device context.

nXSrc

Specifies the logical x-coordinate of the upper-left corner of the source rectangle.

nYSrc

Specifies the logical y-coordinate of the upper-left corner of the source rectangle.

dwRop

Specifies a raster-operation code. These codes define how the color data for the source rectangle is to be combined with the color data for the destination rectangle to achieve the final color.

The following list shows some common raster operation codes:

Value
Description
BLACKNESS
Fills the destination rectangle using the color associated with index 0 in the physical palette. (This color is black for the default physical palette.)
DSTINVERT
Inverts the destination rectangle.
MERGECOPY
Merges the colors of the source rectangle with the specified pattern by using the Boolean AND operator.
MERGEPAINT
Merges the colors of the inverted source rectangle with the colors of the destination rectangle by using the Boolean OR operator.
NOTSRCCOPY
Copies the inverted source rectangle to the destination.
NOTSRCERASE
Combines the colors of the source and destination rectangles by using the Boolean OR operator and then inverts the resultant color.
PATCOPY
Copies the specified pattern into the destination bitmap.
PATINVERT
Combines the colors of the specified pattern with the colors of the destination rectangle by using the Boolean XOR operator.
PATPAINT
Combines the colors of the pattern with the colors of the inverted source rectangle by using the Boolean OR operator. The result of this operation is combined with the colors of the destination rectangle by using the Boolean OR operator.
SRCAND
Combines the colors of the source and destination rectangles by using the Boolean AND operator.
SRCCOPY
Copies the source rectangle directly to the destination rectangle.
SRCERASE
Combines the inverted colors of the destination rectangle with the colors of the source rectangle by using the Boolean AND operator.
SRCINVERT
Combines the colors of the source and destination rectangles by using the Boolean XOR operator.
SRCPAINT
Combines the colors of the source and destination rectangles by using the Boolean OR operator.
WHITENESS
Fills the destination rectangle using the color associated with index 1 in the physical palette. (This color is white for the default physical palette.)

Return Values

If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.

If the function fails, the return value is zero. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Remarks

If a rotation or shear transformation is in effect in the source device context, BitBlt returns an error. If other transformations exist in the source device context (and a matching transformation is not in effect in the destination device context), the rectangle in the destination device context is stretched, compressed, or rotated as necessary.

If the color formats of the source and destination device contexts do not match, the BitBlt function converts the source color format to match the destination format.

When an enhanced metafile is being recorded, an error occurs if the source device context identifies an enhanced-metafile device context.

Not all devices support the BitBlt function. For more information, see the RC_BITBLT raster capability entry in GetDeviceCaps.

BitBlt returns an error if the source and destination device contexts represent different devices.

See Also

GetDeviceCaps
, MaskBlt, PlgBlt, StretchBlt


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