hi, i´m using the linux GLC Nehe-Basecode. As i want to make my own project fully in c++,im trying to recode the bitmap loader wich i think is pure c. here´ s my problem: how to i check the filetype and filesizes WITHOUT using bfType and/or fread and so on.. the idea is to first make a little prog that only does the loadBMP() part. original code: /* make sure the file is there and open it read-only (binary) */ if ((file = fopen(filename, "rb")) == NULL) { printf("File not found : %s\n", filename); return 0; } if(!fread(&bfType, sizeof(short int), 1, file)) { printf("Error reading file!\n"); return 0; } /* check if file is a bitmap */ if (bfType != 19778) { printf("Not a Bitmap-File!\n"); return 0; } /* get the file size */ /* skip file size and reserved fields of bitmap file header */ fseek(file, 8, SEEK_CUR); /* get the position of the actual bitmap data */ if (!fread(&bfOffBits, sizeof(long int), 1, file)) { printf("Error reading file!\n"); return 0; } printf("Data at Offset: %ld\n", bfOffBits); My beginning: ifstream file; //This is my file-handle cout << "Texturname ? "; cin >> Texturename; strcpy (filename, Texturename); //make texturename "comparable" file.open(filename); //open it /*checking if file is there,if not exit prog */ if(!file) { cout << "could not find file texturename ! \n"; return 0; }

hi i came across the same thing... do it all in c++ .. i ''ll post a code for loading a tga.. in which he has in c and i put to c++ ... so you can use as a reference.