HOWTO: Obtain Width and Height of a CBitmap Object

Last reviewed: May 28, 1997
Article ID: Q88555
The information in this article applies to:

  The Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC), included with:
    - Microsoft C/C++ version 7.0
    - Microsoft Visual C++ for Windows, versions 1.0,1.5
    - Microsoft Visual C++ 32-bit Edition, versions 1.0, 2.0, 2.1, 4.0

SUMMARY

The CBitmap class provided by Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC), does not contain member functions that return the width and height of a bitmap.

MORE INFORMATION

The width and height of a CBitmap may be obtained by using the member function GetObject(). GetObject() can return a BITMAP structure that contains both the height and the width of the bitmap, along with some additional information.

The sample code below illustrates two functions that accept a CBitmap reference and return the width and height contained in the BITMAP structure returned by GetObject().

Sample Code

   int GetCBitmapWidth(const CBitmap & cbm)
   {
      BITMAP bm;
      cbm.GetObject(sizeof(BITMAP),&bm);
      return bm.bmWidth;
   }

   int GetCBitmapHeight(const CBitmap & cbm)
   {
      BITMAP bm;
      cbm.GetObject(sizeof(BITMAP),&bm);
      return bm.bmHeight;
   }
 

	
	


Keywords : MfcMisc kbfasttip kbhowto
Technology : kbmfc
Version : 1.0 1.5 1.51 1.52 1.0 2.0 4.0
Platform : NT WINDOWS


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Last reviewed: May 28, 1997
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