//================================================================================================
// programmer:  usetheforce2
// date:    november, 2002
// purpose:    load image into a static control
// Important:  If you copy paste this code make sure:
//        1. its a Win32 application type
//        2. press alt-f7 (project->settings) and choose the
//           "Use MFC in a shared DLL" from the MFC drop down
//================================================================================================

#include<afxwin.h>            // has all the code to do the dirty work 

class bmpApp : public CWinApp
{
public:
  virtual BOOL InitInstance();    // used to initialize the app (and main window)
};
        
bmpApp mainBmp;              // declare main app object

class bmpWindow : public CFrameWnd
{
  CStatic* m_sBmpImage;        // private member static control
public:
  bmpWindow();
};
BOOL bmpApp::InitInstance()
{
  m_pMainWnd = new bmpWindow();    // assign our class window to the app main window
  m_pMainWnd->ShowWindow(m_nCmdShow); // load window
  m_pMainWnd->UpdateWindow();      // refresh window to ensure control are drawn properly
  return TRUE;            // return true to signify that the initiate completed properly
}
bmpWindow::bmpWindow()
{
  // Create main window
  Create(NULL,"Load Bitmap image!",WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW,CRect(200,200,545,300),this);

  // Create static control
  m_sBmpImage = new CStatic;
  m_sBmpImage->Create("MAP:",WS_VISIBLE|WS_CHILD|SS_BITMAP, CRect(10,6,0,0),this);

  // load bitmap into static control
  // HBITMAP: accepts a handle to a bitmap created by the afxwin (loadimage()) function
  // which returns a bitmap handle. the load image function has to be typecasted to return 
  // the HBITMAP handle type.

  HBITMAP hnd;
  hnd = (HBITMAP)LoadImage(0,"logo.bmp\0",IMAGE_BITMAP,0,0,LR_LOADFROMFILE | LR_DEFAULTSIZE);
  
  if(hnd == 0) // error trap
    AfxMessageBox("Unable to create bitmap handle!");
  else
    m_sBmpImage->SetBitmap(hnd);  // once a handle is obtained to a bitmap object
                    // we can use the SetBitmap() method 
}