RIFF DIB File Format (RDIB)

The RDIB format consists of a Windows 3.0 or Presentation Manager 1.2 DIB enclosed in a “RIFF” chunk. Enclosing the DIB in a “RIFF” chunk allows the file to be consistently identified; for example, an “INFO” list can be included in the file.

The “RDIB” form is defined as follows, using the standard RIFF form definition notation:

<RDIB-form> –RIFF ('RDIB'// RIFF header

                                                        data( <DIB-data> ))        // Bitmap data in DIB format

The <DIB-data> format is defined in “Device Independent Bitmap (DIB) File Format,” earlier in this chapter.