reading a .bmp file in c++

Question

I\'m trying to load a bmp file for reusing it in opengl. I\'ve found some code via google on how to load a bmp file. I took this code and put in a class Bitmap in my project. Th

Answer 1

The header needs to be 2 byte aligned.

#pragma pack(2) // Add this

typedef struct
{
    unsigned short bfType;
    unsigned int   bfSize;
    unsigned short bfReserved1;
    unsigned short bfReserved2;
    unsigned int   bfOffBits;
} BITMAPFILEHEADER;

#pragma pack() // and this