From Bitmap File to HBITMAP

[balak yap]

Hello;
I would like to know, is it possible to get the HBITMAP from a *.bmp (or *.dib) without show the
file into a HDC? Anyone can show me a easy way to do this in Win32/MFC?
Thanks


Hello World!!!

[Jason Teagle]

The ::LoadImage() function returns a handle which can be cast to an HBITMAP (I believe), although you can't load from file using this function under NT (for some stupid reason).

[Rajesh Makhija]

LoadImage along with some extra code can be used to read a BMP file. Refer to Article ID: Q158898 "How To Use LoadImage() to Read a BMP File" in MSDN.
You can use ::ReadDIBFile for *.dib files. Refer to DIBLOOK example of MSDN for the same

Hope this helps