Bitmap

1. Consider the Bitmap File Format, which consists of a 14-byte header and a 40-byte information header.
2. We may define a struct to assist us handling the header:

   
      struct bitmap_file_header
      {
         unsigned short type;
         unsigned int   size;
         unsigned short reserved1;
         unsigned short reserved2;
         unsigned int   off_bits;
      };
   
   

3. We may define another struct to assist us handling the information header

   
      struct bitmap_information_header
      {
         unsigned int   size;
         unsigned int   width;
         unsigned int   height;
         unsigned short planes;
         unsigned short bit_count;
         unsigned int   compression;
         unsigned int   size_image;
         unsigned int   x_pels_per_meter;
         unsigned int   y_pels_per_meter;
         unsigned int   clr_used;
         unsigned int   clr_important;
      };