Load BMP from file by using MFC - c++

Question

I try to load a bmp to my MFC Picture Control.
void CMFCAppDlg::OnBnClickedButtonload()
{
CFileDialog dlg(TRUE);
int result=dlg.DoModal();
if(result==IDOK)
{
MyBmpFile::Instance() -> setPath (dlg.GetPathName());
UpdateData(FALSE);
}
HANDLE hBitmap = LoadImage(0, MyBmpFile::Instance() -> getPath(), IMAGE_BITMAP,0,0,LR_LOADFROMFILE);
CBitmap m_bitmap;
m_bitmap.Attach((HBITMAP)hBitmap);
CDC dc, *pDC;
BITMAP bmp;
m_bitmap.LoadBitmapW(IDB_BITMAP);
m_bitmap.GetBitmap(&bmp);
pDC = this->GetDC();
dc.CreateCompatibleDC(pDC);
dc.SelectObject(m_bitmap);
pDC->BitBlt(200, 200, bmp.bmWidth, bmp.bmHeight, &dc,0 , 0, SRCCOPY);
m_bitmap.DeleteObject();
m_bitmap.Detach();
}
This code returns me an error after I select an item in dialog box. Problem is with LoadImage() it returns NULL. But actually I dont know what im doing wrong with that.
Ok, I used CImage to draw this bmp, anyway i did not solve the problem with LoadImage(). I try to make it in static way like: L"D:\\e.bmp" or _T("D:\\e.bmp") but even there problem is the same as before.
void CMFCAppDlg::OnBnClickedButtonload()
{
CFileDialog dlg(TRUE);
int result=dlg.DoModal();
if(result==IDOK)
{
MyBmpFile::Instance() -> setPath (dlg.GetPathName());
UpdateData(FALSE);
}
CImage image;
image.Load( MyBmpFile::Instance() ->getPath() );
CDC dc, *pDC;
pDC = this->GetDC();
dc.CreateCompatibleDC(pDC);
image.Draw(pDC -> GetSafeHdc(),0,0);
}

Answer 1

Following may be of help:
INSTANCE hInst = AfxGetInstanceHandle();
HBITMAP hBmp = (HBITMAP)LoadImage(hInst, L"path\to\file.bmp", IMAGE_BITMAP, 0, 0, LR_LOADFROMFILE);
Couple of things to check:
Are you using 1-byte or 2-byte characters. Use the L macro for the latter.
Is the path to your file correctly specified (e.g. could be relative to where the program happens to run from)
Can you load the file manually as a bitmap as in the example below?
Code to load a file manually as a bitmap:
CFile file;
if (file.Open(L"C:\\Tmp\\Example.bmp", CFile::modeRead))
{
// Read file header
BITMAPFILEHEADER bmfHeader;
if (file.Read((LPSTR) &bmfHeader, sizeof(bmfHeader)) == sizeof(bmfHeader))
{
// File type should be 'BM'
if (bmfHeader.bfType == ((WORD)('M' << 8)| 'B'))
{
BITMAPINFOHEADER bmiHeader;
if (file.Read((LPSTR) &bmiHeader, sizeof(bmiHeader)) == sizeof(bmiHeader))
{
int width = bmiHeader.biWidth;
int height = bmiHeader.biHeight;
}
}
}
file.Close();
}