Cant get an image to show on my HDC

I cant seem to get a BITMAP to show on my HDC
//globals

Code:

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//Win32 Bitmap stuff
HANDLE hImage;
HWND button_hWnd;
HDC hdc;
HDC c_hdc;
BITMAP Bitmap;
SIZE ImageSize;

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Code:

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hImage = LoadImage(hInstance,"Test.bmp",IMAGE_BITMAP,0,0,LR_LOADFROMFILE);
  if(hImage != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
  {
          MessageBox(NULL,"Loaded Test.bmp","",0);
  }
  hdc = GetDC(hWnd);
  c_hdc = CreateCompatibleDC(hdc);
  GetObject(c_hdc,sizeof(BITMAP),&Bitmap);
  ImageSize.cx = Bitmap.bmWidth;
  ImageSize.cy = Bitmap.bmHeight;

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in the Wndproc WM_PAINT message

Code:

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case WM_PAINT:
                hdc = BeginPaint(hWnd, &ps);
                SelectObject(c_hdc,hImage);
                BitBlt(hdc,0,0,ImageSize.cx,ImageSize.cy,c_hdc,0,0,SRCCOPY);
                // TODO: Add any drawing code here...
                EndPaint(hWnd, &ps);
                break;

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> hImage = LoadImage(hInstance,"Test.bmp",IMAGE_BITMAP,0,0,LR _LOADFROMFILE);
But is this done in a different WM_MESSAGE case?

If so, you need to make things like c_hdc to be static variables, so they're preserved from one call to your winproc to the next.

no its done straight after the main window is created

Fixing your error checking, INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE is a backwards compatible value used only with CreateFile. If LoadImage fails, it retuns NULL.

Also, when you perform SelectObject, you're pushing a 1x1 monochrome bitmap (included free with the memory DC) into the ether. This is bad. Store the return value and put it back before EndPaint.