EasyBMP Library Files Version 0.66 Released

EasyBMP is an easy cross-platform C++ library for reading and writing Windows bitmap (BMP) files. No installation, no need for external libraries, small in size, well-documented, and simple enough for the novice programmer to start in just minutes! EasyBMP particularly shines as an easy image input/output tool for scientists and other technically-minded people who may not be formally trained in programming.

EasyBMP Version 0.66 completes the move to making all data members of the BMP class private, yielding a more robust and simpler-to-use library. Color tables can now only be accessed and modified through the safe GetColor and SetColor operations.

EasyBMP has seen several major changes to its API since its introduction in January 2005, each of which has led to improvements to ease-of-use, robustness, and safety. Version 0.66 marks a major milestone for the project: we are enacting a feature freeze on the API for the core library. Future releases will now focus on robustness, efficiency, code cleanup, and bug fixes. We intend to change the status of EasyBMP from Beta to Production/Stable in November 2005 or Version 0.75, whichever comes sooner. With the core library fixed and stable, we can turn our attention to providing additional resources for interfacing EasyBMP with common programming environments.

EasyBMP Version 0.66 can be downloaded from SourceForge at

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/easybmp/EasyBMP_0.66.zip?download

and release notes can be found here:

http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=349772

Additional support, documentation, code samples, and add-ons can be found at the EasyBMP project website:

http://easybmp.sourceforge.net

EasyBMP is grateful for the support and hosting services of SourceForge.net. We hope that others find EasyBMP as simple and effective as we do. Best wishes -- macklin01