codes for convert 16/24/32 bit bitmap to 256 color

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Hi ,

thanks for your help .

I've wrote a piece of code but the right of image was move to the left in most photo apps( if i open the saved image , ms painter can display it correctly while others can not)
 
i paste the codes here and hope u can give me a hand .

in the follow codes "buffer" is an array contains grayed pixel .  


BITMAPINFO bmpInfo2;
bmpInfo2.bmiHeader.biSize = sizeof(BITMAPINFOHEADER);
bmpInfo2.bmiHeader.biWidth              = 800;
bmpInfo2.bmiHeader.biHeight             = 600;
bmpInfo2.bmiHeader.biPlanes             = 1;
bmpInfo2.bmiHeader.biBitCount           = 8;
bmpInfo2.bmiHeader.biCompression        = BI_RGB;
bmpInfo2.bmiHeader.biXPelsPerMeter      = 0;
bmpInfo2.bmiHeader.biYPelsPerMeter      = 0;
bmpInfo2.bmiHeader.biClrUsed            = 256;
bmpInfo2.bmiHeader.biClrImportant       = 0;
bmpInfo2.bmiHeader.biSizeImage          = 800*600 ;
 
   RGBQUAD pal[256] ;
   for(int a =0 ;a < 256; a++ )
   {
   pal[a].rgbBlue = pal[a].rgbGreen=pal[a].rgbRed = a ;
   pal[a].rgbReserved = 0 ;
   
   }
 
   CFile file ;
   file.Open ("c:\\bmp",CFile::modeCreate |    CFile::modeWrite,NULL);

// z is begin with "BM8" z[4] = 0x24 z[10] = 0x36;

   file.Write(z,14);
   file.Write((char*)&bmpInfo2,sizeof(BITMAPINFO)-4);
   file.Write((char*)pal,sizeof(RGBQUAD)*256);
   file.Write((char*)buffer,800*600);
   file.Close();



Thanks & b.Regards !

Hi ,

it's strange after i modify some codes the image is ok now
but anyone can tell me why ?

  char z[14];
   ZeroMemory(z,14);
   strcpy(z,"BM");
   z[3] = 0x36;
   z[4] = 0x57;
   z[10] = 0x36;
   z[11] = 0x4 ;

.........

thanks !

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