reading bmp file

my project is to read bmp picture and to take the parmerter of hieght and print it,when im trying to do this file and my output is wrong,i dont know why
my code:

Code:

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struct BitMap
{
    int Bits;
    int Size;
    int Width;
    int Height;
   
} Header;

    FILE *BMPFile;    fopen_s(&BMPFile,"pic.bmp", "r");
    memset(&Header, 0, sizeof(Header));


    fread(&Header.Size, 4, 1, BMPFile);
    fread(&Header.Width, 4, 1, BMPFile);
    fread(&Header.Height, 4, 1, BMPFile);


    printf("biSize:%d\n", Header.Size);
    printf("Width:%d\n", Header.Width);
    printf("Height:%d\n", Header.Height);
    fclose(BMPFile);

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my output is :
biSize:2066632002
Width:25
Height:3538944

what am i doing wrong ?

A couple of things.

1. When reading binary data on Windows, use the mode "rb".

2. BMP file format - Wikipedia
Define a structure which actually matches what a bitmap looks like.

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Originally Posted by Salem

A couple of things.

1. When reading binary data on Windows, use the mode "rb".

2. BMP file format - Wikipedia
Define a structure which actually matches what a bitmap looks like.

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Windows encourages this approach in its own functions for manipulating .bmp files. However really it is bad way of doing it. C can run on big or litle-endian machines, and the sizes of basic types can vary. You also sometimes get unexpected padding in structures.

It's better to read field by field, with code that will work regardless of the endianness or integer size of the platform. See my website for a source file which helps you do this (the iee754 project).

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Originally Posted by Malcolm McLean

Windows encourages this approach in its own functions for manipulating .bmp files. However really it is bad way of doing it. C can run on big or litle-endian machines, and the sizes of basic types can vary. You also sometimes get unexpected padding in structures.

It's better to read field by field, with code that will work regardless of the endianness or integer size of the platform. See my website for a source file which helps you do this (the iee754 project).

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hey ,thanl you very much.
so i need to use big indian to read this file ?
the bmp file is a map/

Quote:

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Originally Posted by cbeginner12334

so i need to use big indian to read this file ?

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From the wiki article:

"All of the integer values are stored in little-endian format (i.e. least-significant byte first)."