Transparent bitmap 32bit as window background - c++

How can I set a graphic in bmp 32bit format as window background with TRANSPARENCY? when i use bmp 28bit everything works but then there is no transparency. When i use 32bit bitmap with alpha the background is not rendered.
Application is in c ++ winapi.
bool ApplicationInit(HINSTANCE hinstance)
{
//HBITMAP hbmp = LoadBitmap(hinstance, MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDB_LAUNCHER_BG));
HBITMAP hbmp = (HBITMAP)LoadImage(hinstance, MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDB_BITMAP1), IMAGE_BITMAP, 0, 0, LR_CREATEDIBSECTION);
HBRUSH hbr = CreatePatternBrush(hbmp);
WNDCLASSEX wcx;
wcx.cbSize = sizeof(wcx);
wcx.style = CS_HREDRAW | CS_VREDRAW;
wcx.lpfnWndProc = LauncherWndProc;
wcx.cbClsExtra = 0;
wcx.cbWndExtra = 0;
wcx.hInstance = hinstance;
wcx.hIcon = LoadIcon(hinstance, MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDI_ICON));
wcx.hCursor = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW);
wcx.hbrBackground = hbr;
wcx.lpszMenuName = NULL;
wcx.lpszClassName = szWindowClass;
return RegisterClassEx(&wcx);
}
please help :)

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Create a PatternBrush and set it to the background before registering class. For example:
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