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

CString filename;
TCHAR szFilter[] = _T("Bitmap (*.bmp)|*.bmp|PNG (*.png)|*.png||");

CFileDialog selDlg(TRUE, NULL, NULL, OFN_OVERWRITEPROMPT | OFN_EXTENSIONDIFFERENT, szFilter, this);


if (selDlg.DoModal() == IDOK)
{
    filename = selDlg.GetPathName();

    CImage image;

    HBITMAP hBitmap = (HBITMAP)LoadImage(NULL,filename, IMAGE_BITMAP, 0, 0, LR_LOADFROMFILE);


    if (hBitmap)
    {
    // Delete the current bitmap
    if (m_bmpBitmap.DeleteObject())
        m_bmpBitmap.Detach();   // If there was a bitmap, detach it

    // Attach the currently loaded bitmap to the bitmap object
    m_bmpBitmap.Attach(hBitmap);

    Invalidate();
    }

}