Thread: Cant get an image to show on my HDC

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

Code:

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

Code:

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;

in the Wndproc WM_PAINT message

Code:

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;

> 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