Bitmap Scaling

The Win32 API also provides a function to scale a bitmap; this function, StretchBlt, performs a bit-block transfer from a rectangle in a source device context into a rectangle in a destination device context. However, unlike the BitBlt function, which duplicates the source rectangle dimensions in the destination rectangle, StretchBlt allows an application to specify the dimensions of both the source and the destination rectangles. When the destination bitmap is smaller than the source bitmap, Windows combines rows or columns of color data (or both) in the bitmap before rendering the corresponding image on the display device. Windows combines the color data according to the specified stretch mode, which the application defines by calling the SetStretchBltMode function. When the destination bitmap is larger than the source bitmap, Windows scales or magnifies each pixel in the resultant image accordingly.

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