Presence of image control in VC++2008 - c++

Question

Hello Everyone,
I want to know if there is an image control in VC++ like there is one in VB. Actually using the picture box i face the problem of not being able to re size the image at design time for my dialog. But in image control this is possible. I there is no image control is there a way to check the height and width of a dialog from the dialog editor at design time ???

Answer 1

If you're writing an unmanaged C or C++ project it's a little bit more difficult than using the PictureBox control that would be available when designing managed Windows Forms application, but still doable.
If you are using a DialogBox resource for the window (note: I wrote this part using Visual Studio 2015 as a reference, not 2008, but the general process should be the same):
Insert the image as a resource in your project. Let's say we named the resource for the bitmap IDB_BITMAP1 for simplicity.
Create a new Static child window in the dialog box.
Right click on the new Static window and select Properties.
Under the Misc subheading in Properties, change Type to Bitmap.
Under the Misc subheading in Properties, change Image to IDB_BITMAP1.
If you are hand-coding the window (i.e. manually writing calls to CreateWindow and CreateWindowEx to create the window):
Insert the image as a resource in your project. Make sure to add the line #include "resource.h" to your code.
Get a handle to the bitmap using the LoadBitmap function.
Create the static window as a child window of the main window, and specify the SS_BITMAP window style.
Send the STM_SETIMAGE message to the window using the previously identified handle to the bitmap resource.
Example code, assuming your image is IDB_BITMAP1:
#include <Windows.h>
#include <tchar.h>
#include "resource.h"
int APIENTRY _tWinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPTSTR lpCmdLine, int nShowCmd)
{
HWND hWnd, hStcImage;
MSG Msg;
HBITMAP hBitmap = LoadBitmap(hInstance, MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDB_BITMAP1));
// ... register the window class etc
hWnd = CreateWindowEx(WS_EX_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW, _T("ExampleClassName"), _T("Simple Window"), WS_VISIBLE | WS_SYSMENU, 100, 100, 350, 370, NULL, NULL, hInstance, NULL);
hStcImage = CreateWindow(_T("Static"), NULL, WS_VISIBLE | WS_CHILD | SS_BITMAP, 10, 10, 0, 0, hWnd, NULL, hInstance, NULL);
SendMessage(hStcImage, STM_SETIMAGE, (WPARAM)IMAGE_BITMAP, (LPARAM)hBitmap);
ShowWindow(hWnd, SW_SHOW);
UpdateWindow(hWnd);
while (GetMessage(&Msg, NULL, 0, 0) > 0)
{
TranslateMessage(&Msg);
DispatchMessage(&Msg);
}
return Msg.wParam;
}