GetDIB method (Main Control)

Builder Syntax	L_HANDLE GetDIB(unsigned uType);
Delphi Syntax	Function GetDIB (uType: L_UINT): L_HANDLE;
Overview	Refer to Copying and Creating Bitmaps.

Remarks

Converts a LEAD Technologies bitmap into a Windows device independent bitmap (DIB). When this method is completed, there are two copies of the bitmap in memory: the DIB and the original LEAD bitmap. Freeing one will not affect the other.

This method is similar to GetDIB(), but it allows you to specify the type of DIB.

A DIB consists of one of the following:

$image\sqrblit.gif$ BITMAPFILEHEADER,

$image\sqrblit.gif$ BITMAPV4HEADER (Introduced in Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0), or

$image\sqrblit.gif$ BITMAPV5HEADER (Introduced in Windows 2000 and Windows 98)

followed by a color table and then the bitmap data. The resulting DIB type is determined by the value of the uType flag.

Ordinarily, you would need a DIB only if you are using Windows API functions. Nevertheless, for simplicity, the examples in this documentation get and set a DIB without using the API.

Elements:	SetDIB method, GetDDB method, SetDDB method
Topics:	Raster Images: Exchanging Images with Other Objects