NAME¶

SDL_LoadBMP - Load a BMP image from a file.

HEADER FILE¶

Defined in SDL3/SDL_surface.h

SYNOPSIS¶

#include "SDL3/SDL.h"

SDL_Surface * SDL_LoadBMP(const char *file);

DESCRIPTION¶

The new surface should be freed with

SDL_DestroySurface (). Not doing so will result in a memory leak.

FUNCTION PARAMETERS¶

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.

AVAILABILITY¶

This function is available since SDL 3.1.3.

SEE ALSO¶

•(3), SDL_DestroySurface(3), •(3), SDL_LoadBMP_IO(3), •(3), SDL_SaveBMP(3)