GetBitmapBits function (wingdi.h)

The GetBitmapBits function copies the bitmap bits of a specified device-dependent bitmap into a buffer.

Syntax

LONG GetBitmapBits(
  [in]  HBITMAP hbit,
  [in]  LONG    cb,
  [out] LPVOID  lpvBits
);

Parameters

[in] hbit

A handle to the device-dependent bitmap.

[in] cb

The number of bytes to copy from the bitmap into the buffer.

[out] lpvBits

A pointer to a buffer to receive the bitmap bits. The bits are stored as an array of byte values.

Return value

If the function succeeds, the return value is the number of bytes copied to the buffer.

If the function fails, the return value is zero.

Requirements

See also

Bitmap Functions

Bitmaps Overview