Re: CDC::SelectObject
 
Don't know if this will work or not, but have  you tried just using CBitmap 
objects and calling the LoadBitmap function with the resource ID rather than 
the FromHandle() stuff.  I only use FromHandle if I need to load a bitmap 
from a file, but it looks like you are using built in resources.
Also, can't tell from the code, but are you sure there is an image in the 
mImageList?
This discussion (with code in the discussion) may be interesting to you:
http://www.codeguru.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-257564.html
Tom
"Frank" <jerk@gmx.de> wrote in message 
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sorry - this is the code:
void CMyButton::DrawItem(LPDRAWITEMSTRUCT lpDrawItemStruct) //
Drawitem of an owner-drawn button
{
 CDC *pDC = CDC::FromHandle(lpDrawItemStruct->hDC);
 //Drawing the Bitmap
 IMAGEINFO stII;
 mImageList.GetImageInfo(0, &stII);// mImageList is a CImageList
 CRect rcBM (stII.rcImage);
 HBITMAP hbmTest = ::LoadBitmap(0, (LPCTSTR) IDB_TESTPICTURE);
 CDC cDCTemp;
 cDCTemp.CreateCompatibleDC(pDC);
 CBitmap *pBMResult =
  cDCTemp.SelectObject (CBitmap::FromHandle(stII.hbmImage)); // fails
 pBMResult =
  cDCTemp.SelectObject (CBitmap::FromHandle(hbmTest)); // succeeds
 BOOL bOK = ::StretchBlt(*pDC, 0, 0, 30, 30, cDCTemp, 0, 0,
100, 100, SRCCOPY); // this shall be done
...
  
  
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