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Program to display a 16 color bitmap

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This program shows how to display a 16 color bitmap. In this program palettes are not used for bmp,hence all default 16 colors are used. If you know BMP structure you can try to add palettes.

Code for Program to display a 16 color bitmap in C Programming

#include <alloc.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <graphics.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
//+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+#define UL unsigned long#define UI unsigned int#define UC unsigned char//+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+< BMP Structures >+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
typedef struct
{
    char Type[2];
    UL Size;
    UI R1;
    UI R2;
    UL OffSet;
}BMP1;
//+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
typedef struct
{
    UL headsize;
    UL Hlen;
    UL Vlen;
    UI planes;
    UI BPP;
    UL Method;
    UL BmpSize;
    UL HRes;
    UL VRes;
    UL Colors;
    UL IColors;
}BMP2;
//+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-< Display BMP >+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+int ShowBMP(int x, int y, char* FileName)
{
      int b,a;
      BMP1 Obj1;
      BMP2 Obj2;
      UC * Holder;
      intin=0;
      UC c=0;
      FILE * fp;

      fp = fopen(FileName,"rb");
      if(fp==NULL)
          return 0;
      fread(&Obj1, sizeof(Obj1), 1, fp);
      fread(&Obj2, sizeof(Obj2), 1, fp);
      if(Obj2.BPP!=4)  // This isn't a 16 color bmp we can read;
      {
        fclose(fp);
        return 0;
      };
      fseek(fp,Obj1.OffSet,SEEK_SET);
      Holder=(UC *) calloc(Obj2.Hlen/2+1, sizeof(UC));
      for(b=Obj2.Vlen;b>=0;b--)
      {
        fread(Holder, sizeof(UC), Obj2.Hlen/2, fp);
        c=0;
        in=0;
        for(a=0;a<=Obj2.Hlen;a+=2)
        {
            c = (Holder[in] | 0x00) >>4;
            putpixel(a+x,b+y,c);
            c = (Holder[in] | 0xF0) & 0x0F;
            putpixel(a+1+x,b+y,c);
            in++;
        }
      }
      free (Holder);
      fclose(fp);
      return 1;
}
//+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-< **** >+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+// Two bmp demo.bmp & demo1.bmp are provided.// open these bmp in windows paint & change.(do not change size of bmp)//+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-< Main >+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+void main()
{
 int color,D=DETECT,E;
// registerfarbgidriver(EGAVGA_driver_far);
 initgraph(&D,&E,"");
 E=0;
 if(!ShowBMP(0,0,"neeraj.bmp")) E=1;
 getch();
 closegraph();
 if(E) printf("\nError : Unable to open file.");
 else printf("Sucess !");
}
//+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  
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