Tao.Sdl SDK Documentation

SdlImage.IMG_LoadBMP_RW Method 

Load a .BMP image.

[Visual Basic]
Public Shared Function IMG_LoadBMP_RW( _
   ByVal src As IntPtr _
) As IntPtr
[C#]
public static IntPtr IMG_LoadBMP_RW(
   IntPtr src
);

Parameters

src
The BMP image is loaded from this

Return Value

a pointer to the image as a new SDL_Surface. NULL is returned on errors, like if BMP is not supported, or a read error.

Remarks

Load src as a BMP image for use as a surface, if BMP support is compiled into the SDL_image library.

Binds to C-function in SDL_image.h

            SDL_Surface *IMG_LoadBMP_RW(SDL_RWops *src)
            

Example

            // load sample.bmp into image
                    SDL_Surface *image;
                    SDL_RWops *rwop;
                    rwop=SDL_RWFromFile("sample.bmp", "rb");
                    image=IMG_LoadBMP_RW(rwop);
                    if(!image)
                {
                    printf("IMG_LoadBMP_RW: %s\n", IMG_GetError());
                    // handle error
                }
            

See Also

SdlImage Class | Tao.Sdl Namespace | IMG_LoadTyped_RW | IMG_isBMP