Displaying a bitmap in a view

[bulgakov]

hello all,
I am trying to display a bitmap in a rectangle on a view.
I have written this to do it...

void MyView::OnDraw(..)
{
HBITMAP MyBitmap = (HBITMAP)::LoadImage(0,"bit1.bmp", IMAGE_BITMAP, 0 ,0 ,LR_LOADFROMFILE);
CStatic BitDraw;
BitDraw.Create("", SS_BITMAP, ToDraw, this);
BitDraw.SetBitmap((HBITMAP)MyBitMap);
}
I have tried changing the CStatic from an auto object
to a dynamic (using new), but still no joy.

So any ideas please?

Marcus

 

[apatterno]

Creating a CStatic object on the stack means that when it goes out of scope its destructor will be called (which will destroy the window). I'm not sure why creating the object on the heap failed...

But really, that's a really weird way to do things. I don't see why you can't do it the usual way with LoadImage (storing the HBITMAP as a member variable), and CreateCompatibleDC, SelectObject and BitBlt.

I REALLY hope that helps.
Will