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BMP format

Does anyone know if there has been a change in the BMP image format??     I have been using Win2000 and some of the programs I have that view BMPs seem to expect 2 extra bytes at the end of each row of pixels?   And also the rows seem to be stored in the pixel array from the bottom up now instead of from the top down??  I have used a hex editor to look at the header information and it all seems to be the same still??

I'm thoroughly disgruntled andI would appreciate it greatly iff anyone that can shed any light on this topic.

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The .BMP format hasn't changed.  Maybe the .BMP files you are viewing have 32bit color in them, and the program doesn't correctly recognize it?

Try the Imaging program that comes with Win2k, and see if it looks correctly in there.

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