How do I add bitmaps to a Visual Studios 2005 C++ program without using The Windows Forms interface or express edition. After adding a bitmap as a resource is there a way to insert the bitmap.
Use Bitmap::FromResource() to load the bitmap from a .NET resource, then use Bitmap.GetHbitmap() to create a bitmap you can use with GDI (BitBlt etc). Cast the IntPtr returned by Bitmap.GetHbitmap() to a HBITMAP handle.
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