CompressDIB

#include "BiDIB.h"

 

HDIB CALLBACK CompressDIB(HDIB hDIB)

Description

This function compresses a device independent bitmap (DIB) by using the run-length encoding RLE method. The currently supported BI_RLE4 and BI_RLE8 is implemented. For more detail, see your Windows SDK Data Types and Structures for BITMAPINFOHEADER the data structure definition.

Parameters

HDIB

hDIB

Handle to the DIB to be compressed

Return Value

Handle to the newly created, compressed DIB. NULL on error.

Programming notes

This functions does not delete the original DIB.

Requirements

Header :     Declared in BiDIB.h; include BiDIB.h.

Library :    Use BiDIB.lib.

DLLs :       BiDIB.dll.

Code example

None at present.