How to retrieve bitmap bits using windows API ?

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I need to know if there are any functions that can retrieve bits from a bitmap using only API-functions. Because I use VB I can’t use memory functions of C++, and reading the bitmap bit by bit is to slow for me.

Can anybody help me ?

Thanks,

Edo

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i suggest to use DIB’s and the GetDIBits() function to access the bitmap data directly.