Static Control Bitmap Style

Hi guys, again sorry if there is a post like this looked and couldn't see anything

what I need is to know how to give a static control a bitmap from a resource file. I can get the static control to display with text and with the bitmap style specified, but it wont display when the bitmap is set sending the STM_SETIMAGE message, my code for setting up the static control looks like this

Code:

void Setup_Button (Window* window, Button & button, char const * caption, int x, int y, int width, int height, DWORD exStyle)
{
	button._style = WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | SS_BITMAP | SS_NOTIFY;
	button._caption = caption;
	button._exStyle = exStyle;
	button._x = x;														// horizontal position of Button
	button._y = y;														// vertical position od Button
	button._width = width;												// Button width
	button._height = height;											// Button height
	button._hWndParent = window->hWnd;									// handle to parent or owner Button
	button._data = 0;													// pointer to Button-creation data


	Create_Button(window, button);
}

HWND Create_Button (Window* window, Button & button)
{
	button.hwnd = ::CreateWindowEx (
		button._exStyle,
		"STATIC",
		button._caption,
		button._style,
		button._x,
		button._y,
		button._width,
		button._height,
		button._hWndParent,
		NULL,
		window->init.application->hInstance,
		button._data);

	if (button.hwnd == 0)
		TerminateApplication(window);

	LRESULT lResult = SendMessage(button.hwnd, STM_SETIMAGE, IMAGE_BITMAP, IDB_BITMAP1);

	return button.hwnd;
}

thanks in advacnce for any help you can provide

The windows board is a more appropriate board for this kind of question - moved.

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edit:

You need to associate a bitmap handle with the static control, not the id of the bitmap resource. See STM_SETIMAGE.

Use LoadImage to get the bitmap handle.

Thanks it works now