Comparing Bitmaps Help

[triumphost]

Why does it always return true?! No matter what I do it says the bitmaps are the same.. I want it to tell the difference between the two bitmaps.. like if they look alike with a slight tolerance to make sure that it doesn't have to be a perfect match..

This is what I started out with.. I need a little push or some help please..

#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>
#include <gdiplus.h>

#pragma comment(lib, "Gdi32.lib");

using namespace std;

bool CompareBitmaps(HBITMAP HBitmapLeft, HBITMAP HBitmapRight);

int main()
{
    HBITMAP HBitmapLeft = LoadBitmap("C:/Users/Brandon/Desktop/Untitled.bmp");
    HBITMAP HBitmapRight = LoadBitmap("C:/Users/Brandon/Desktop/Untitled2.bmp");
    if (CompareBitmaps(HBitmapLeft, HBitmapRight) == true)
    {
        cout<<"They are the same";
    }
    DeleteObject(HBitmapLeft);
    DeleteObject(HBitmapRight);

    return 0;
}

bool CompareBitmaps(HBITMAP HBitmapLeft, HBITMAP HBitmapRight)
{
    if (HBitmapLeft == HBitmapRight)
    {
        return true;
    }

    if (NULL == HBitmapLeft || NULL == HBitmapRight)
    {
        return false;
    }

    bool bSame = false;

    HDC hdc = GetDC(NULL);
    BITMAPINFO BitmapInfoLeft = {0};
    BITMAPINFO BitmapInfoRight = {0};

    BitmapInfoLeft.bmiHeader.biSize = sizeof(BITMAPINFOHEADER);
    BitmapInfoRight.bmiHeader.biSize = sizeof(BITMAPINFOHEADER);

    if (0 != GetDIBits(hdc, HBitmapLeft, 0, 0, NULL, &BitmapInfoLeft, DIB_RGB_COLORS) &&
        0 != GetDIBits(hdc, HBitmapRight, 0, 0, NULL, &BitmapInfoRight, DIB_RGB_COLORS))
    {
        // Compare the BITMAPINFOHEADERs of the two bitmaps

        if (0 == memcmp(&BitmapInfoLeft.bmiHeader, &BitmapInfoRight.bmiHeader,
            sizeof(BITMAPINFOHEADER)))
        {
            // The BITMAPINFOHEADERs are the same so now compare the actual bitmap bits

            BYTE *pLeftBits = new BYTE(BitmapInfoLeft.bmiHeader.biSizeImage);
            BYTE *pRightBits = new BYTE(BitmapInfoRight.bmiHeader.biSizeImage);
            BYTE *pByteLeft = NULL;
            BYTE *pByteRight = NULL;

            PBITMAPINFO pBitmapInfoLeft = &BitmapInfoLeft;
            PBITMAPINFO pBitmapInfoRight = &BitmapInfoRight;

            // calculate the size in BYTEs of the additional

            // memory needed for the bmiColor table

            int AdditionalMemory = 0;
            switch (BitmapInfoLeft.bmiHeader.biBitCount)
            {
            case 1:
                AdditionalMemory = 1 * sizeof(RGBQUAD);
                break;
            case 4:
                AdditionalMemory = 15 * sizeof(RGBQUAD);
                break;
            case 8:
                AdditionalMemory = 255 * sizeof(RGBQUAD);
                break;
            case 16:
            case 32:
                AdditionalMemory = 2 * sizeof(RGBQUAD);
            }

            if (AdditionalMemory)
            {
                // we have to allocate room for the bmiColor table that will be

                // attached to our BITMAPINFO variables

                pByteLeft = new BYTE[sizeof(BITMAPINFO) + AdditionalMemory];
                if (pByteLeft)
                {
                    memset(pByteLeft, 0, sizeof(BITMAPINFO) + AdditionalMemory);
                    memcpy(pByteLeft, pBitmapInfoLeft, sizeof(BITMAPINFO));
                    pBitmapInfoLeft = (PBITMAPINFO)pByteLeft;
                }

                pByteRight = new BYTE[sizeof(BITMAPINFO) + AdditionalMemory];
                if (pByteRight)
                {
                    memset(pByteRight, 0, sizeof(BITMAPINFO) + AdditionalMemory);
                    memcpy(pByteRight, pBitmapInfoRight, sizeof(BITMAPINFO));
                    pBitmapInfoRight = (PBITMAPINFO)pByteRight;
                }
            }

            if (pLeftBits && pRightBits && pBitmapInfoLeft && pBitmapInfoRight)
            {
                // zero out the bitmap bit buffers

                memset(pLeftBits, 0, BitmapInfoLeft.bmiHeader.biSizeImage);
                memset(pRightBits, 0, BitmapInfoRight.bmiHeader.biSizeImage);

                // fill the bit buffers with the actual bitmap bits

                if (0 != GetDIBits(hdc, HBitmapLeft, 0,
                    pBitmapInfoLeft->bmiHeader.biHeight, pLeftBits, pBitmapInfoLeft,
                    DIB_RGB_COLORS) && 0 != GetDIBits(hdc, HBitmapRight, 0,
                    pBitmapInfoRight->bmiHeader.biHeight, pRightBits, pBitmapInfoRight,
                    DIB_RGB_COLORS))
                {
                    // compare the actual bitmap bits of the two bitmaps

                    bSame = 0 == memcmp(pLeftBits, pRightBits,
                        pBitmapInfoLeft->bmiHeader.biSizeImage);
                }
            }

            // clean up

            delete[] pLeftBits;
            delete[] pRightBits;
            delete[] pByteLeft;
            delete[] pByteRight;
        }
    }

    ReleaseDC(NULL, hdc);

    return bSame;
}

[Salem]

> Why does it always return true?!
Why don't you run it in the debugger and find out which path through the code it takes.

I mean, if it always hits line 29, then you're looking in the wrong place.