is there BMP support in GD?

From: Erwin Bon (ernie_at_verkerk.nl)
Date: 11/30/03 

Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 12:18:52 -0800

Hello,

I need to be able to read windows bitmap files (*.bmp) into the GD-functions
in order to create a jpg-file from it. Is such a thing possible. I seem te
be unable to find the required functions.

Hope you can help me.

Regards, Erwin