BITMAPFILEHEADER (Windows CE 5.0)

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This structure contains information about the type, size, and layout of a file that containing a device-independent bitmap (DIB).

typedefstructtagBITMAPFILEHEADER{WORDbfType;DWORDbfSize;WORDbfReserved1;WORDbfReserved2;DWORDbfOffBits;}BITMAPFILEHEADER;

Members

  • bfType
    Specifies the file type. It must be set to the signature word BM (0x4D42) to indicate bitmap.
  • bfSize
    Specifies the size, in bytes, of the bitmap file.
  • bfReserved1
    Reserved; set to zero
  • bfReserved2
    Reserved; set to zero
  • bfOffBits
    Specifies the offset, in bytes, from the BITMAPFILEHEADER structure to the bitmap bits

Remarks

A BITMAPINFO or BITMAPCOREINFO structure immediately follows the BITMAPFILEHEADER structure in the DIB file.

Requirements

OS Versions: Windows CE 2.0 and later.
Header: Windows.h.

See Also

BITMAPCOREINFO | BITMAPINFO | GDI Structures

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