pixels of bitmap

Hi:
Sorry for the quite old topic, but I am really quite new on the bitmaps. My question is:
here is:

BYTE picturebuffer [144][176][3];

which contains every pixel's components(red,green,blue) for a
8-bit bitmap which has 144X176 size.

Now I've got the picturebuffer, how can I assign the it to a bitmap and display on the screen??

And what would be differences between
hdc = BeginPaint(...) and hdc = GetDC(...)??
I mean only for the hdc created by two functions.
I would appreciate that.

Ok, I tried with these:

Code:

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LPBITMAPINFO bmp_info;

bmp_info = malloc(sizeof(BITMAPINFOHEADER) + 256 * sizeof(RGBQUAD));
        bmp_info->bmiHeader.biSize = sizeof(BITMAPINFOHEADER);
        bmp_info->bmiHeader.biWidth = 176;//10;//4;//176;  // width should be divided by 4
        bmp_info->bmiHeader.biHeight = 144; // should be minus??(-144)
        bmp_info->bmiHeader.biPlanes = 1;
        bmp_info->bmiHeader.biBitCount = 8;
        bmp_info->bmiHeader.biCompression = BI_RGB; // No compression
        bmp_info->bmiHeader.biClrUsed = 0; // When set to 0, colors used is counted on biBitCount

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I really don't know if I should use bmp_info->bmiColors[1]?
how could I attach the known pixels' value(stored in picturebuffer) to the bmp_info?

Thanks

I'm not sure if this is exactly what you need as it's been some time since i've fiddled around with bitmap creation but you could try CreateDIBSection, an example of the use of which can be found here.

An alternative for compatible bitmaps is SetDIBits.

Thanks, I did like that:

Code:

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HBITMAP hPicture;
VOID *pvBits;
LPBITMAPINFO bmp_info;

bmp_info = malloc(sizeof(BITMAPINFOHEADER) + 256 * sizeof(RGBQUAD));
bmp_info->bmiHeader.biSize = sizeof(BITMAPINFOHEADER);
bmp_info->bmiHeader.biWidth = 176;//10;//4;//176;  // width should be divided by 4
bmp_info->bmiHeader.biHeight = 144; // should be maybe minus mark to make it right
bmp_info->bmiHeader.biPlanes = 1;
bmp_info->bmiHeader.biBitCount = 8; // 24bit colors
bmp_info->bmiHeader.biCompression = BI_RGB; // No compression
bmp_info->bmiHeader.biClrUsed = 0; // When set to 0, colors used is counted on biBitCount


//create a bitmap with 176X144, 8-bit
hPicture = CreateBitmap(176,144,1,8,&pvBits);

//set the bits to bitmap handle with pictureBuffer
SetDIBits(hdc,hPicture,49,144,&pictureBuffer,bmp_info,DIB_RGB_COLORS);
bmp_hdc = CreateCompatibleDC(hdc);
SelectObject(bmp_hdc,hPicture);
BitBlt(hdc,19,49,176,144,bmp_hdc,0,0,SRCCOPY);

/*pictureBuffer contains each pixel value,
BYTE picturebuffer [144][176][3];*/

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I am not sure if I use those parameters correctly, but It just could not display the picture,what's wrong with them? Thanks

...with a WinProc() loop and all that Windows overhead shtuff?
I'm not sure, but I think you need an actual window to get a handle to the device context (hdc).