Does anyone have a bitmap handling header file
I'm not all that good at windows programming, but I am hoping for the ability to load a random bitmap to display for a program that i am working on. Does anyone know where there might be a header file that might include functions that will return, say, a HBITMAP from a PSTR parameter. It would be pretty useful.
Thx
LoadImage loads bitmaps, icons and cursors from resources or files. This fn supercedes LoadBitmap, LoadIcon and LoadCursor but these fns all still work ok and are arguably simpler to use by the novice as there are fewer parameters.
HBITMAP hBmp=LoadBitmap(0,"MyBitmapFile.bmp");
Remember that bitmaps, like most GDI (graphics device interface) objects are system resource consumers, so use the DeleteObject fn on the handle when you are finished with it.
ie. DeleteObject(hBmp);
syntax for LoadImage might be:
HBITMAP hBmp=(HBITMAP)LoadImage(0,"MyBitmapFile.bmp",IMAGE _BITMAP,0,0,LR_CREATEDIBSECTION|LR_LOADFROMFILE);
Yeah, thx, that does help me out some. Thats the only bitmap handling function I really needed.
