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The GetBitmapFormatSize function calculates the size needed for a VIDEOINFO structure that can hold a specified BITMAPINFOHEADER structure. |
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GetBitmapFormatSize function (Wxutil.h) |
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The GetBitmapFormatSize function calculates the size needed for a VIDEOINFO structure that can hold a specified BITMAPINFOHEADER structure.
LONG GetBitmapFormatSize(
const BITMAPINFOHEADER *pHeader
);-
pHeader
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Pointer to a BITMAPINFOHEADER structure.
Returns the size, in bytes.
A BITMAPINFOHEADER structure might be followed by color masks or palette entries, so it can be difficult to determine the number of bytes required to construct a VIDEOINFO structure from an existing BITMAPINFOHEADER structure.
To copy a BITMAPINFOHEADER structure into a VIDEOINFO structure, use the HEADER macro, which calculates the correct offset.
LONG size = GetBitmapFormatSize(&bmi);
VIDEOINFO *pVi = static_cast<VIDEOINFO*>(CoTaskMemAlloc(size));
if (pVi != NULL)
{
CopyMemory(HEADER(pVi), &bmi, sizeof(BITMAPINFOHEADER));
}
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