Loading a bitmap in-code with XPM file

[VladimirF]

So... how exactly do I define a resource ID? I've created a .rc file containing this:

IDB_ASCII_SQUARE BITMAP "Art\CURSES_SQUARE.bmp"
IDB_ASCII_TERMINAL BITMAP "ART\CURSES_TERMINAL.bmp"

and included it under "resources" in my project, then created a resource.h file. I assume this will make my project include the resource files in the executable at compile time. But how do I define these resources in resource.h? Does the .rc file have to be #included by resource.h? What is the scope of the LoadBitmap() function?

Yes, you should place

#include "resource.h"

at the top of your rc file, and wherever you call LoadBitmap() from.
In the resource.h you should have something like that:

#define IDB_ASCII_SQUARE			101
#define IDB_ASCII_TERMINAL     			102

Don't understand your "scope" question.