Re: LoadBitmap(ID) Vista:works XP(sp2 IE6):fails

From:
"AliR \(VC++ MVP\)" <AliR@online.nospam>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Mon, 6 Apr 2009 14:37:23 -0500
Message-ID:
<OSsCl.13621$hc1.12045@flpi150.ffdc.sbc.com>
Where is m_bitmap declared? If it is on the stack then the image is
destroyed when the CBitmap object goes out of scope.

I would use DDX_Control to attache a CButton object to IDC_BUTTON1

The doc, is not clear on this, but I'm pretty sure that the button takes
ownership of the HBITMAP passed to it.
So do this in the SetBitmap call
BOOL CMyDialog::OnInitDialog()
{
    CDialog::OnInitDialog();

    CBitmap Bmp;
    Bmp.LoadBitmap(IDB_....);
    m_Button.SetBitmap(Bmp.Detach());

    return TRUE;
}

AliR.

"Kevin Waite" <kevin001.waite@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:6E44E15D-51A4-457E-8069-796B0D810E67@microsoft.com...

Okay -- jumping right in -- debugging on both PCs (Vista) (XP) shows no
differences stepping this code!
CBitmap m_bitmap;
   CButton *m_Btn_1;
m_Btn_1 = reinterpret_cast<CButton *>(GetDlgItem(IDC_BUTTON1));
m_bitmap.LoadBitmap(IDB_BITMAP_Btn_1b);
m_Btn_1->SetBitmap(m_bitmap);

However on Vista -- the button has the bitmap -- prefectly.

On XP (sp2IE6) -- the button does not have the bitmap -- does not have its
caption -- has a "blank" bitmap - same color of the dialog box.

Help? Ideas?

Thanks in advance.

Sincerely,
Kevin Waite

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