Dialog Bg

Hi
I am trying to set a bitmap background for my dialog box. The compilation runs without any errors but the background does not appear at all.

Dont you know what might be wrong?

Code:

#include <windows.h>
#include <commctrl.h>
#include <tchar.h>
#include "resource.h"

HBRUSH		hBG;
HINSTANCE	hInstance;
HDC		hDC;

INT_PTR CALLBACK DialogProc(HWND hwndDlg, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
	switch ( uMsg )
	{
		case WM_COMMAND:
			switch ( LOWORD(wParam) )
			{
			case IDCANCEL:
				DeleteObject(hBG);
				EndDialog(hwndDlg, LOWORD(lParam));
			}
			break;
		case WM_CTLCOLORDLG:
			SetBkMode((HDC)wParam, TRANSPARENT);
			return (INT_PTR)hBG;
			break;
		case WM_INITDIALOG:
			hBG = CreatePatternBrush(LoadBitmap(hInstance, MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDB_bg)));
			break;
	}
	return FALSE;
}


int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInst,
	LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nShow)
{
	return DialogBox(hInstance, MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDD_DIALOG_MAIN),
		NULL, (DLGPROC)DialogProc);
}

MSVC++

Thank you for any help

Looks like you've declared hInstance but not initialised it. What's the return value from LoadBitmap(you should be using use LoadImage instead)? If it's NULL use GetLastError to give you some diagnostic information.