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A quick method to load a bitmap file in a CBitmap

A Quicker way to load *.BMP files into a CBitmap Object Create your own CBitmap derived class (say, CMyBitmap) add a “load from bitmap” method as listed below BOOL CMyBitmap::LoadBitmap(LPCTSTR szFilename) { ASSERT(szFilename); DeleteObject(); HBITMAP hBitmap = NULL; hBitmap = (HBITMAP)LoadImage(NULL, szFilename, IMAGE_BITMAP, 0, 0, LR_LOADFROMFILE | LR_CREATEDIBSECTION | LR_DEFAULTSIZE); return Attach(hBitmap); }

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A Quicker way to load *.BMP files into a CBitmap Object

  1. Create your own CBitmap derived class (say, CMyBitmap)
  2. add a “load from bitmap” method as listed below
BOOL CMyBitmap::LoadBitmap(LPCTSTR szFilename)
{
	ASSERT(szFilename);
	DeleteObject();

	HBITMAP hBitmap = NULL;
	hBitmap = (HBITMAP)LoadImage(NULL, szFilename, IMAGE_BITMAP, 0, 0,
		LR_LOADFROMFILE | LR_CREATEDIBSECTION | LR_DEFAULTSIZE);
	return Attach(hBitmap);
}

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