Load a CBitmap dynamically

Question

I have a Bitmap image that i want to load dynamically. But I am unable to load it.

CBitmap bmp;

bmp.LoadBitmap(\"c:\\\\aeimg\");

it does not

Answer 1

CImage doesn't work with png last time I tried / checked. Have a look at CxImage - http://www.codeproject.com/KB/graphics/cximage.aspx .

Answer 2

When using the solutions mentioned to date, with a member variable of CBitmap I kept getting memory leaking every time I loaded the CImage onto the CBitmap. I solved this with the following code:

CString _fileName(/*Path to image*/);
CImage _image;          
HRESULT hr = _image.Load(_fileName);
if (SUCCEEDED(hr)) {
    if (m_Display.m_bmpImage.DeleteObject())
        m_Display.m_bmpImage.Detach();              
    m_bmpImage.Attach(_image->Detach());
}