Bitmap not showing

This is a method of showing a bitmap i have tried before but this time it doesn't work

main.cpp

Code:

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#include <windows.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>

/*  Declare Windows procedure  */
LRESULT CALLBACK WindowProcedure (HWND, UINT, WPARAM, LPARAM);

/*  Make the class name into a global variable  */
char szClassName[ ] = "Kazalio Studios Games";
HINSTANCE hInst;
HBITMAP hBit1;

int WINAPI WinMain (HINSTANCE hThisInstance,
                    HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
                    LPSTR lpszArgument,
                    int nFunsterStil)

{
    HWND hwnd;              /* This is the handle for our window */
    MSG messages;            /* Here messages to the application are saved */
    WNDCLASSEX wincl;        /* Data structure for the windowclass */

    /* The Window structure */
    wincl.hInstance = hThisInstance;
    wincl.lpszClassName = szClassName;
    wincl.lpfnWndProc = WindowProcedure;      /* This function is called by windows */
    wincl.style = CS_DBLCLKS;                /* Catch double-clicks */
    wincl.cbSize = sizeof (WNDCLASSEX);

    /* Use default icon and mouse-pointer */
    wincl.hIcon = LoadIcon (hThisInstance, "DogSim2Icon");
    wincl.hIconSm = LoadIcon (hThisInstance, "DogSim2Icon");
    wincl.hCursor = LoadCursor (hThisInstance, "DogSim2Cursor");
    wincl.lpszMenuName = NULL;                /* No menu */
    wincl.cbClsExtra = 0;                      /* No extra bytes after the window class */
    wincl.cbWndExtra = 0;                      /* structure or the window instance */
    /* Use Windows's default color as the background of the window */
    wincl.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH) GetStockObject (WHITE_BRUSH);

    /* Register the window class, and if it fails quit the program */
    if (!RegisterClassEx (&wincl))
        return 0;

    /* The class is registered, let's create the program*/
    hwnd = CreateWindowEx (
          0,                  /* Extended possibilites for variation */
          szClassName,        /* Classname */
          "Dog Simulator 2 - Kazalio Studios Games",      /* Title Text */
          WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW, /* default window */
          CW_USEDEFAULT,      /* Windows decides the position */
          CW_USEDEFAULT,      /* where the window ends up on the screen */
          600,                /* The programs width */
          450,                /* and height in pixels */
          HWND_DESKTOP,        /* The window is a child-window to desktop */
          NULL,                /* No menu */
          hThisInstance,      /* Program Instance handler */
          NULL                /* No Window Creation data */
          );

    /* Make the window visible on the screen */
    ShowWindow (hwnd, nFunsterStil);

    /* Run the message loop. It will run until GetMessage() returns 0 */
    while (GetMessage (&messages, NULL, 0, 0))
    {
        /* Translate virtual-key messages into character messages */
        TranslateMessage(&messages);
        /* Send message to WindowProcedure */
        DispatchMessage(&messages);
    }

    /* The program return-value is 0 - The value that PostQuitMessage() gave */
    return messages.wParam;
}


/*  This function is called by the Windows function DispatchMessage()  */

LRESULT CALLBACK WindowProcedure (HWND hwnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
        HDC DC, memDC;
       
    switch (message)                  /* handle the messages */
    {
        case WM_CREATE:
            hBit1 = LoadBitmap(hInst, "MyBP1");
            break;
        case WM_PAINT:
           
            DC = GetDC(hwnd);
            memDC = CreateCompatibleDC(DC);
            SelectObject(memDC, hBit1);
            BitBlt (DC, 10, 10, 565, 168,
                    memDC, 0, 0, SRCCOPY);
            ReleaseDC(hwnd, DC);
            DeleteDC(memDC);
            break;
        case WM_DESTROY:
            DeleteObject(hBit1);
            PostQuitMessage (0);      /* send a WM_QUIT to the message queue */
            break;
        default:                      /* for messages that we don't deal with */
            return DefWindowProc (hwnd, message, wParam, lParam);
    }

    return 0;
}

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ds2.rc

Code:

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#include <windows.h>

MyBp1 BITMAP BP.BMP

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Looks like you haven't stored the application instance in your hInst variable so, when you attempt to LoadBitmap, you get NULL.

Also the wParam of WM_PAINT holds the hdc so you can use that instead of a call to GetDC

oh yes it works now, thanks ken fitlike