The Picture control available from the dialog editor component bar is great for quickly displaying a picture in a dialog, but it only displays the picture at the original picture's size. A problem occurs if you want to display a bitmap which must be aligned with other controls (eg. a bitmap of an arrow). If you change the size of the dialog box font, then the size and position of each control will also change, but the size of the displayed bitmap will not, resulting in a mis-aligned picture. The problem also occurs if the system font size is changed (The matrox millenium drivers allow you to do this).

To overcome this problem I wrote a CStatic derived class that displays a bitmap according to the size of the underlying CStatic window. When the font size changes, the CStatic window size changes, and the bitmap will be StretchBlt'd to the new size. This allows images to be displayed smaller and larger than their original size.

    BOOL SetBitmap(UINT nIDResource);           // Loads bitmap from resource ID
    BOOL SetBitmap(LPCTSTR lpszResourceName);   // Loads bitmap from resource name
    BOOL SetBitmap(HBITMAP hBitmap);            // Not recommended, as reloads can't be done

The implementation handles the SYSCOLORCHANGE message as described by Pel K. Txnder in his article //www.codeguru.com/misc/syscol_static.shtml"> CStatic with bitmap sensitive to change in system colours.

Source:

#if !defined(AFX_BITMAPPICTURE_H__A4BE2021_689E_11D1_ABBA_00A0243D1382__INCLUDED_)
#define AFX_BITMAPPICTURE_H__A4BE2021_689E_11D1_ABBA_00A0243D1382__INCLUDED_

#if _MSC_VER >= 1000
#pragma once
#endif // _MSC_VER >= 1000

// BitmapPicture.h : header file
//
// Copyright (c) Chris Maunder (Chris.Maunder@cbr.clw.csiro.au) 
// Written 1 December, 1997


/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// CBitmapPicture window

class CBitmapPicture : public CStatic
{
// Construction
public:
    CBitmapPicture();
    
// Operations
public:
    BOOL SetBitmap(HBITMAP hBitmap);            // Not recommended
    BOOL SetBitmap(UINT nIDResource);
    BOOL SetBitmap(LPCTSTR lpszResourceName);
    BOOL ReloadBitmap();

// Overrides
    // ClassWizard generated virtual function overrides
    //{{AFX_VIRTUAL(CBitmapPicture)
    protected:
    virtual void PreSubclassWindow();
    virtual void DrawItem( LPDRAWITEMSTRUCT lpDrawItemStruct );
    //}}AFX_VIRTUAL

// Implementation
public:
    virtual ~CBitmapPicture();

// Attributes
protected:
    HBITMAP  m_hBitmap;
    BITMAP   m_bmInfo;

private:
    int     m_nResourceID;
    CString m_strResourceName;

// Generated message map functions
protected:
    //{{AFX_MSG(CBitmapPicture)
    afx_msg BOOL OnEraseBkgnd(CDC* pDC);
    afx_msg void OnSysColorChange();
    //}}AFX_MSG
    DECLARE_MESSAGE_MAP()
};

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

//{{AFX_INSERT_LOCATION}}
// Microsoft Developer Studio will insert additional declarations immediately before the previous line.

#endif // !defined(AFX_BITMAPPICTURE_H__A4BE2021_689E_11D1_ABBA_00A0243D1382__INCLUDED_)


// BitmapPicture.cpp : implementation file
//
// Copyright (c) 1997 Chris Maunder (Chris.Maunder@cbr.clw.csiro.au)
// Written 1 December, 1997

#include "stdafx.h"
#include "BitmapPicture.h"

#ifdef _DEBUG
#define new DEBUG_NEW
#undef THIS_FILE
static char THIS_FILE[] = __FILE__;
#endif

// if UPDATE_ENTIRE_CLIENT_AREA is not defined then only the update region of
// the bitmap is updated. Otherwise, on each update, the whole client area of
// the bitmap is drawn. UPDATE_ENTIRE_CLIENT_AREA is slower, but distortion 
// of the picture may occur if it is not defined.

#define UPDATE_ENTIRE_CLIENT_AREA

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// CBitmapPicture

CBitmapPicture::CBitmapPicture()
{
    m_hBitmap = NULL;

    m_nResourceID = -1;
    m_strResourceName.Empty();
}

CBitmapPicture::~CBitmapPicture()
{
    if (m_hBitmap) ::DeleteObject(m_hBitmap);
}

BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CBitmapPicture, CStatic)
    //{{AFX_MSG_MAP(CBitmapPicture)
    ON_WM_ERASEBKGND()
    ON_WM_DRAWITEM_REFLECT()
    ON_WM_SYSCOLORCHANGE()
    //}}AFX_MSG_MAP
END_MESSAGE_MAP()

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// CBitmapPicture message handlers

BOOL CBitmapPicture::SetBitmap(HBITMAP hBitmap)
{
    ::DeleteObject(m_hBitmap);
    m_hBitmap = hBitmap;
    return ::GetObject(m_hBitmap, sizeof(BITMAP), &m_bmInfo);
}

BOOL CBitmapPicture::SetBitmap(UINT nIDResource)
{
    m_nResourceID = nIDResource;
    m_strResourceName.Empty();

    HBITMAP hBmp = (HBITMAP)::LoadImage(AfxGetInstanceHandle(), 
                                        MAKEINTRESOURCE(nIDResource),
                                        IMAGE_BITMAP, 
                                        0,0, 
                                        LR_LOADMAP3DCOLORS);
    if (!hBmp) return FALSE;
    return CBitmapPicture::SetBitmap(hBmp);
}

BOOL CBitmapPicture::SetBitmap(LPCTSTR lpszResourceName)
{
    m_nResourceID = -1;
    m_strResourceName = lpszResourceName;

    HBITMAP hBmp = (HBITMAP)::LoadImage(AfxGetInstanceHandle(), 
                                        lpszResourceName,
                                        IMAGE_BITMAP, 
                                        0,0, 
                                        LR_LOADMAP3DCOLORS);
    if (!hBmp) return FALSE;
    return CBitmapPicture::SetBitmap(hBmp);
}

// Suggested by Pel K. Used to reload the bitmap on system colour changes.
BOOL CBitmapPicture::ReloadBitmap()
{
    if (m_nResourceID > 0) 
        return SetBitmap(m_nResourceID);
    else if (!m_strResourceName.IsEmpty())
        return SetBitmap(m_strResourceName);
    else    // if SetBitmap(HBITMAP hBitmap) was used directly then we can't reload.
        return FALSE;
}

void CBitmapPicture::PreSubclassWindow() 
{
    CStatic::PreSubclassWindow();
    ModifyStyle(0, SS_OWNERDRAW);
}

BOOL CBitmapPicture::OnEraseBkgnd(CDC* pDC) 
{
    CRect rect;
    GetClientRect(rect);

    // If no bitmap selected, simply erase the background as per normal and return
    if (!m_hBitmap)
    {
        CBrush backBrush(::GetSysColor(COLOR_3DFACE)); // (this is meant for dialogs)
        CBrush* pOldBrush = pDC->SelectObject(&backBrush);

        pDC->PatBlt(rect.left, rect.top, rect.Width(), rect.Height(), PATCOPY);
        pDC->SelectObject(pOldBrush);

        return TRUE;
    }

    // We have a bitmap - draw it.

    // Create compatible memory DC using the controls DC
    CDC dcMem;
    VERIFY( dcMem.CreateCompatibleDC(pDC));
    
    // Select bitmap into memory DC.
    HBITMAP* pBmpOld = (HBITMAP*) ::SelectObject(dcMem.m_hDC, m_hBitmap);

    // StretchBlt bitmap onto static's client area
#ifdef UPDATE_ENTIRE_CLIENT_AREA
    pDC->StretchBlt(rect.left, rect.top, rect.Width(), rect.Height(), 
                     &dcMem, 0, 0, m_bmInfo.bmWidth-1, m_bmInfo.bmHeight-1,
                     SRCCOPY);
#else
    CRect TargetRect;                // Region on screen to be updated
    pDC->GetClipBox(&TargetRect);
    TargetRect.IntersectRect(TargetRect, rect);

    CRect SrcRect;                    // Region from bitmap to be painted
    SrcRect.left    = MulDiv(TargetRect.left,   m_bmInfo.bmWidth,  rect.Width());
    SrcRect.top     = MulDiv(TargetRect.top,    m_bmInfo.bmHeight, rect.Height());
    SrcRect.right   = MulDiv(TargetRect.right,  m_bmInfo.bmWidth,  rect.Width());
    SrcRect.bottom  = MulDiv(TargetRect.bottom, m_bmInfo.bmHeight, rect.Height());    

    pDC->StretchBlt(TargetRect.left, TargetRect.top, TargetRect.Width(), TargetRect.Height(), 
                    &dcMem, 
                    SrcRect.left, SrcRect.top, SrcRect.Width(), SrcRect.Height(),
                    SRCCOPY);
#endif

    ::SelectObject(dcMem.m_hDC, pBmpOld);

    return TRUE;
}

void CBitmapPicture::DrawItem(LPDRAWITEMSTRUCT lpDrawItemStruct)
{
    ASSERT(lpDrawItemStruct != NULL);
    
    CString str;
    GetWindowText(str);
    if (!str.GetLength()) return;

    CDC*  pDC     = CDC::FromHandle(lpDrawItemStruct->hDC);
    CRect rect    = lpDrawItemStruct->rcItem;
    DWORD dwStyle = GetStyle();
    int   nFormat = DT_NOPREFIX | DT_NOCLIP | DT_WORDBREAK | DT_SINGLELINE;

    if (dwStyle & SS_CENTERIMAGE) nFormat |= DT_VCENTER;
    if (dwStyle & SS_CENTER)      nFormat |= DT_CENTER;
    else if (dwStyle & SS_RIGHT)  nFormat |= DT_RIGHT;
    else                          nFormat |= DT_LEFT;

    int nOldMode = pDC->SetBkMode(TRANSPARENT);
    pDC->DrawText(str, rect, nFormat);
    pDC->SetBkMode(nOldMode);
}

// Suggested by Pel K. Txnder.
void CBitmapPicture::OnSysColorChange() 
{
    CStatic::OnSysColorChange();
    ReloadBitmap(); 
}