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

No, but you can create a new bitmap the size of the current one in memory, and write your memory structure onto it.

You're looking for the CreateBitmap function. Set lpvBits to your data.