help a beginner

hi.....i was wondering....could someone show me some source examples to get me started.
I was working on a project manager for game developers with a program called 'gamemaker' (www.gamemaker.nl)....but it wasn't quite flexible enough.....so in C++ i want to know how to show images/buttons, click on them, do more stuff...etc

any help will be much appriecated

-psychopath

What OS/compiler?

I would suggest using google and searching for "Bitmap Programming" since there are many different types of bitmaps you can then find the one you are needing.

i have windows XP and i'm using dev-c++ 5 beta