Win32 C/C++ Load Image from memory buffer

Question

I want to load an image (.bmp) file on a Win32 application, but I do not want to use the standard LoadBitmap/LoadImage from Windows API: I want it to load from a buffer that

Answer 1

Try CreateBitmap():

HBITMAP LoadBitmapFromBuffer(char *buffer, int width, int height)
{
    return CreateBitmap(width, height, 1, 24, buffer);
}