BITMAPFILEHEADER

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

typedef struct tagBITMAPFILEHEADER { // bmfh

WORD bfType;

DWORD bfSize;

WORD bfReserved1;

WORD bfReserved2;

DWORD bfOffBits;

} BITMAPFILEHEADER;

Members

bfType

Specifies the file type. It must be BM.

bfSize

Specifies the size, in bytes, of the bitmap file.

bfReserved1

Reserved; must be zero.

bfReserved2

Reserved; must be 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.

See Also

BITMAPCOREINFO, BITMAPINFO