Is there a function to load a bmp file for texture mapping?

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I know that auxDIBImageLoad works. Is there any other function can do this?

thanks and sorry for my poor English.

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In OpenGL no. Outside, there are plenty of 3rd party image loading libraries. I would recommend DevIL ( http://www.imagelib.org ), which can load (and save) many image formats (BMP, TGA, JPG, PNG…), and is easy to use.