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I was having issues with my headers because I chose to create a separate header file for my new header changes. However, my code was not passing the check50. Upon researching and questioning, I found out that bfSize could be written using bfOffBits.

BITMAPINFOHEADER bii;
bii = bi;

BITMAPFILEHEADER bff;
bff = bf; 

int oldWidth = bi.biWidth;
int oldHeight = abs(bi.biHeight);

// determine padding for scanlines
int padding = (4 - (oldWidth * sizeof(RGBTRIPLE)) % 4) % 4;

bii.biWidth = bii.biWidth * number;
bii.biHeight = bii.biHeight * number;

int newPadding = (4 - (bii.biWidth * sizeof(RGBTRIPLE)) % 4) % 4;

bii.biSizeImage = ((sizeof(RGBTRIPLE) * bii.biWidth) + newPadding) * abs(bii.biHeight);
bff.bfSize = bff.bfOffBits + bii.biSizeImage;

// write outfile's BITMAPFILEHEADER
fwrite(&bff, sizeof(BITMAPFILEHEADER), 1, outptr);

// write outfile's BITMAPINFOHEADER
fwrite(&bii, sizeof(BITMAPINFOHEADER), 1, outptr);

What I don't understand is why

 bff.bfSize = bff.bfOffBits + bii.biSizeImage;

is working? What is bfOffBits and how does it calculate the entire size of the file, including the headers? I understand that biSizeImage gives the size of the bmp and padding, but how does bfOffBits give the size of BITMAPFILEHEADER and BITMAPINFOHEADER?

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From MSDN's site on BITMAPFILEHEADER

bfOffBits

The offset, in bytes, from the beginning of the BITMAPFILEHEADER structure to the bitmap bits.

So it's the same as sizeof(BITMAPFILEHEADER) + sizeof(BITMAPINFOHEADER), as we don't have other headers in our file. And those two plus the bitmap make the file.

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  • So would you have nay idea why check50 kept denying my code when I had written that bff.bfSize = sizeof(BITMAPFILEHEADER) + sizeof(BITMAPINFOHEADER) + bii.biSizeImage ?
    – Naomi
    Commented Apr 30, 2018 at 17:17
  • Those should be equivalent in our case, as we have no other data in there.
    – Blauelf
    Commented May 1, 2018 at 19:03

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