how to save bitmap

[diwakar09]

hi
after doing CreateCompatibl eBitmap() i have handle to bitmap,

but how to save this thing in harddisk.
is there any api. that will do this
i am using vc++

[Cucumber]

Declare, fill and save to a file a BITMAPFILEHEADE R structure.
Declare, fill and, save to the same file, a BITMAPINFOHEADE R structure.
Save, to the same file, the bits of your bitmap. I think each row of the bitmap must get saved using a 32-bit boundary; fill with zeroes the end of each row if necessary.

Filling those structures are among the most bothersome things to do in Win32 programming.