(This is the documentation for SDL3, which is the current stable version. SDL2 was the previous version!)

SDL_LoadBMP

Load a BMP image from a file.

Header File

Defined in <SDL3/SDL_surface.h>

Syntax

SDL_Surface * SDL_LoadBMP(const char *file);

Function Parameters

const char *

file

the BMP file to load.

Return Value

(SDL_Surface *) Returns a pointer to a new SDL_Surface structure or NULL on failure; call SDL_GetError() for more information.

Remarks

The new surface should be freed with SDL_DestroySurface(). Not doing so will result in a memory leak.

Version

This function is available since SDL 3.1.3.

See Also

• SDL_DestroySurface
• SDL_LoadBMP_IO
• SDL_SaveBMP

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CategoryAPI, CategoryAPIFunction, CategorySurface

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