Subj : Re: How to read a pixel from a DIB?
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From :  Bruce Salzman
Date : Wed Oct 20 2004 11:39 am

>
> That's the way I will use, only lazzines before coding. I have to 
> convert
> X,Y coordinates into a linear coordinate (hey that's so hard!!! 
> :-) ), also
> what about for non 24 bits bitmaps. In 16 bits bitmaps I will have 
> RGB in 5
> bits, in 8 bits I will have a palette index, and in 4 bits (old 16 
> colored
> bitmaps) something similar.
>

That's why using GetPixel() is the easiest way. It will return the 
pixel color no matter what format the DIB is in.

Regards,
Bruce

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