BITMAP not in color when painted, HELP!

I have a bitmap painted fine, but the colors are very low. Like if the pic was one of a regular window, it would only show up in blue, pink, purlse, gray, and white. Here's some code, HELP IF YOU CAN!:


HBITMAP hbmBall;
BITMAP bm;

int ballX, ballY;

void Draw(HDC hdc)
{
HDC hdcMemory;
hdcMemory = CreateCompatibleDC(hdc);

SelectObject(hdcMemory, hbmBall);
BitBlt(hdc, ballX, ballY, bm.bmWidth, bm.bmHeight, hdcMemory, 0, 0, SRCPAINT);

DeleteDC(hdcMemory);
}



// That's the function to load the bitmap, then I call:


case WM_CREATE:
hbmBall = LoadBitmap(g_hInst, "BMP1");

GetObject(hbmBall, sizeof(bm), &bm);

ballX = 0;
ballY = 0;
break;
case WM_PAINT:
PAINTSTRUCT ps;
HDC hdcWindow;
hdcWindow = BeginPaint(hwnd, &ps);

Draw(hdcWindow);

EndPaint(hwnd, &ps);
break;




This all works, but the colors are very weird. What do I do?

>>SelectObject(hdcMemory, hbmBall); = Memory lost each time, or at least on init. (In this case the same bmp is being selected in each time so may be OK.)
Not a problem unless you want the program to run for more than a few minutes.

>>SRCPAINT -> why use this operation? I would guess if the colours look 'washed out' (white background) that this is the problem . Read the help to fix.

>>HBITMAP hbmBall;
>>BITMAP bm;
>>int ballX, ballY;
If not global should be static. Unless you only have one file in the project.

Yeah I haven't been able to do that either. Everything on the screen looks hackish. I'm thinking though the secret is in the bitmap structure...

SRCPAINT might be a problem, because it combines source and destination colors by OR operator. I would use SRCCOPY instead.

LoadBitmap () may also cause color conversions, because it converts DIB bitmap into DDB bitmap.

Also watch the pen alignment.

try a

SetStretchBltMode(hdc,HALFTONE);

slower but better colour result.

I would say change SRCPAINT to SRCCOPY first. that's probably your problem. if that doesn't work, then try some of the other suggestions.

I've never seen the function Draw(). Is that a mistake?

Whoops, my mistake, nevermind that las question...