Re: Bitmap dimensions

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From: Ed McCreary
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 14:44

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>>>>> On Fri, 22 Jan 1993 12:00:14 GMT, martijn@cs.vu.nl (Lemmens ML) said:


LM> Is it possible to retrieve the dimensions of a bitmap in a windows
LM> resource file. I can use constants because I draw the bitmap myself,
LM> but I want my program to work independent of the drawings. I know how
LM> to load the resource and how to display it.

try this...

BITMAP	Bitmap;
HBITMAP hBitmap;

hBitmap = LoadBitmap(hInst,(LPSTR)"bitmap_id");
GetObject (hBitmap, sizeof (Bitmap), (LPSTR) &Bitmap);


your width and height are Bitmap.bmWidth and Bitmap.bmHeight.

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