From: pouzzler AT aol DOT com (pouzzler)
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Subject: Pointer/array understanding?
Date: 5 Oct 2001 13:12:47 -0700
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I'm trying to load/draw a bitmap from a file (PLEASE don't answer
"Allegro")

I searched for info, and the file is as follow:

BITMAPFILEHEADER //struct heading the file

BITMAPINFOHEADER //struct with info on the bitmap

RGBQUAD[] //array of RGB triplets

bitmapbits[] //the actual bitmap

I tried reading a bitmapbit and drawing it, but it was awfully slow.

How can I read ALL the bits, then draw them. It seems I must have a
BITMAP struct looking like

typedef struct tagBITMAP {
BITMAPFILEHEADER bmfh;
BITMAPINFOHEADER bmih;
RGBQUAD //and it's here I don't know how
bitmapbits // same
} BITMAP;

How can I make those arrays, not knowing their size in the first
place?

Is RGBQUAD *rgb;  correct?