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Started by Quat September 16, 2006 11:16 AM

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September 16, 2006 11:16 AM

When someone says "a scanline must end on a dword boundary" is that basically saying the total number of bytes of the scanline must be divisible by 4 (assuming a dword is 4 bytes)?

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Colin Jeanne

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September 16, 2006 11:24 AM

Yes, you're right. A the number of bytes in a bitmap's scanline must be a multiple of 4 bytes.

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