NAME¶

SDL_LoadBMP - Load a BMP image from a file.

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¶

Returns a pointer to a new SDL_Surface
structure or NULL if there was an error; call SDL_GetError () for more information.

AVAILABILITY¶

This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.

SEE ALSO¶

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