Thread: Bitmaps as backgrounds

I need to know how to asign a bitmap as the background in a WNDCLASS

I tries using a brush, but I don't think I did it correctly. I don't remember exactly what I did but it was along the lines of

Code:

HANDLE hImage=LoadImage(NULL, "image.bmp",IMAGE_BITMAP, 0,0,LOADFROMFILE);

LOGBRUSH MyBrush;
MyBrush.lbStyle=BS_DIBPATTERN;
MyBrush.lbHatch=CreateDIBSection(&hImage);

HBRUSH hMyBrush=CreateBrushIndirect(&MyBrush);

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wc.hbrBackground= MyBrush;

any help on why this is wrong or any other techniques would be appreciated. I would have given you the actual code, except it's HIGHLY classified (it's on my laptop right now, and I'm to lazy to get it). maybe when I finish eh? I's actualy quite nifty!

I have that done right now, however, It hides any primitive drawings or text that I attempt to do over it.

maybe I'm bitblt()ing in the wrong place?

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anyway, that for some reason made me think, I was bitblt()ing in the case WM_PAINT: or what not. maybe I should be bitBlt somewhere else so it doesn't redraw the bitmap again. I don't know.

I know, this is what made me think I should assign a bitmap to a brush and set the background to draw that brush.

bloody hell, I figured it out, I was trying to draw the primitives before I had destroyed the images DC. damn stupid logical errors.
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