Get a *.bmp file of a window´s view

I need to obtain a *.bmp file from a window ´s view in order to insert in a document.
Now i obtain this in a *.wmf file. But if I have a lot of wmf files and insert them in a document, the word file lats a lot of time when i open it.

My options are obtain the wmf file and convert it in a bmp file, or obtain the image directly in bmp file.
I´m working in Visual C++.
Is there a good way of do this?.

Thank you!

PERE

What do you mean by "a *.bmp file from a window ´s view"?
Is it a screenshot? Or what?
Also how do you "obtain this in a *.wmf file"?

"obtain this in a *.wmf file" :

I take a compatible CDC of my wimdow an associate this yto the window. I draw the content and save in a CMetafile object.

With this i can save in a .wmf file

What about using the CImage class?

As Victor already suggested, an easy way to save a bitmap in a file is by using CImage MFC/ATL-shared class.
Here is a simplified example which saves the client area of a window (view).

Code:

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void CChildView::OnFileSave()
{
    // get client rectangle and DC
    CRect rc;
    GetClientRect(rc);
    CClientDC dc(this);

    // create CImage object containing a 32 BPP bitmap
    CImage img;
    img.Create(rc.Width(), rc.Height(), 32);

    // copy bitmap from client DC to image DC
    ::BitBlt(img.GetDC(), 0, 0, rc.Width(), rc.Height(), dc.m_hDC, 0, 0, SRCCOPY);
   
    // save bitmap in a file
    img.Save(_T("c:\\work\\test.bmp"), Gdiplus::ImageFormatBMP);

    // release image DC
    img.ReleaseDC();
}

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Of course, you can modify it to get rid of hard-coded stuff, to handle errors, to let user to choose output folder, file name and format, which can be also JPEG, GIF or PNG. So far, forget that "CMetafile". :)

Thank you!!!
I´ll try.
It´s great