How to convert an Array of pixels to HBITMAP

Question

I have an array of pixels which I need to convert to HBITMAP in order to display it in a window. I tried to use CreateDIBitmap() but I don\'t have the BMP headers. I tried

Answer 1

The other answers here are very helpful, but i ended up being able to achieve it with just 1 line.

HBITMAP hBm = CreateBitmap(width,height,1,32,pixels); // 1 plane, 32 bits

Hope it may be useful to any future readers.

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Also, there's CreateCompatibleBitmap and SetDIBits incase you need to use a device context.

At MSDN for CreateDIBitmap it states:

Calling CreateDIBitmap with fdwInit as CBM_INIT is equivalent to calling the CreateCompatibleBitmap function to create a DDB in the format of the device and then calling the SetDIBits function to translate the DIB bits to the DDB.