LoadBitmap

BOOL LoadBMP( LPCTSTR sBMPFile, HGLOBAL *phDIB, CPalette *pPal )
{
 CFile file;
 if( !file.Open( sBMPFile, CFile::modeRead) )
  return FALSE;

 BITMAPFILEHEADER bmfHeader;
 long nFileLen;

 nFileLen = file.GetLength();

 // Read file header
 if (file.Read((LPSTR)&bmfHeader, sizeof(bmfHeader)) != sizeof(bmfHeader))
  return FALSE;

 // File type should be 'BM'
 if (bmfHeader.bfType != ((WORD) ('M' << 8) | 'B'))
  return FALSE;

 HGLOBAL hDIB = ::GlobalAlloc(GMEM_FIXED, nFileLen);
 if (hDIB == 0)
  return FALSE;

 // Read the remainder of the bitmap file.
 if (file.ReadHuge((LPSTR)hDIB, nFileLen - sizeof(BITMAPFILEHEADER)) !=
  nFileLen - sizeof(BITMAPFILEHEADER) )
 {
  ::GlobalFree(hDIB);
  return FALSE;
 }

 BITMAPINFO &bmInfo = *(LPBITMAPINFO)hDIB ;

 int nColors = bmInfo.bmiHeader.biClrUsed ? bmInfo.bmiHeader.biClrUsed :
      1 << bmInfo.bmiHeader.biBitCount;

 // Create the palette
 if( nColors <= 256 )
 {
  UINT nSize = sizeof(LOGPALETTE) + (sizeof(PALETTEENTRY) * nColors);
  LOGPALETTE *pLP = (LOGPALETTE *) new BYTE[nSize];

  pLP->palVersion = 0x300;
  pLP->palNumEntries = nColors;

  for( int i=0; i < nColors; i++)
  {
   pLP->palPalEntry[i].peRed = bmInfo.bmiColors[i].rgbRed;
   pLP->palPalEntry[i].peGreen = bmInfo.bmiColors[i].rgbGreen;
   pLP->palPalEntry[i].peBlue = bmInfo.bmiColors[i].rgbBlue;
   pLP->palPalEntry[i].peFlags = 0;
  }

  pPal->CreatePalette( pLP );

  delete[] pLP;
 }

 *phDIB = hDIB;
 return TRUE;
}