BITMAPCOREHEADER

3.0

typedef struct tagBITMAPCOREHEADER {    /* bmch */
    DWORD   bcSize;
    short   bcWidth;
    short   bcHeight;
    WORD    bcPlanes;
    WORD    bcBitCount;
} BITMAPCOREHEADER;

The BITMAPCOREHEADER structure contains information about the dimensions and color format of a device-independent bitmap (DIB). Windows applications should use the BITMAPINFOHEADER structure instead of BITMAPCOREHEADER whenever possible.

Members

bcSize

Specifies the number of bytes required by the BITMAPCOREHEADER structure.

bcWidth

Specifies the width of the bitmap, in pixels.

bcHeight

Specifies the height of the bitmap, in pixels.

bcPlanes

Specifies the number of planes for the target device. This member must be set to 1.

bcBitCount

Specifies the number of bits per pixel. This value must be 1, 4, 8, or 24.

Comments

The BITMAPCOREINFO structure combines the BITMAPCOREHEADER structure and a color table to provide a complete definition of the dimensions and colors of a DIB. See the description of the BITMAPCOREINFO structure for more information about specifying a DIB.

An application should use the information stored in the bcSize member to locate the color table in a BITMAPCOREINFO structure with a method such as the following:

pColor = ((LPSTR) pBitmapCoreInfo + (WORD) (pBitmapCoreInfo -> bcSize))

See Also

BITMAPCOREINFO, BITMAPINFOHEADER, BITMAPINFOHEADER