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# QUERY_BMP

QUERY_BMP is a method of obtaining information about a BMP image file without having to read the file. See QUERY_* Routines for more information.

## Syntax

Result = QUERY_BMP( Filename [, Info] )

## Return Value

This routine returns a long with the value of 1 (one) if the query was successful (and the file type was correct) or 0 (zero) on failure.

## Arguments

### Filename

A scalar string containing the pathname of the BMP file to query.

### Info

Returns an anonymous structure containing information about the image in the file. The Info.TYPE field will return the value ‘BMP’.

Note: See General Query * Routine Info Structures for detailed structure information.

## Keywords

None

## Version History

5.2 | Introduced

## See Also

QUERY_* Routines, READ_BMP, WRITE_BMP