displaying a splash screen

[CDuddley]

i'm using a dialog box with no frame or borders, and i'm trying to display an image in the background like for an installer splash screen. and then, i'll just use the buttons to install stuff with. i tried making the whole dialog transparent so that only the buttons show up, and then do GetClientRect and display the image like that, but i'm having trouble with getting the HDC to work it's not getting set properly when i do:

CImage myimg;
HDC hDC = myimg.GetDC();
myimg.Load("mybmp.bmp"
...

any help would be appreciated.

-will

 

[OlafBogus]

load a bitmap into a CBitmap object..
m_mybmp.DeleteObject();
HBITMAP hBitmap = (HBITMAP)LoadImage(NULL, "mybmp.bmp", IMAGE_BITMAP, 0, 0, LR_LOADFROMFILE | LR_CREATEDIBSECTION | LR_DEFAULTSIZE);

if (!hBitmap || !m_mybmp.Attach(hBitmap))
return FALSE;

then in OnEraseBkgnd blit the pic to the background

BOOL CMyDlg::OnEraseBkgnd (CDC *pDC)
{
CRect rc;
GetClientRect (rc);

// Get a DC for the bitmap
CDC dcImage;
dcImage.CreateCompatibleDC (pDC);
CBitmap *pOldBitmap = dcImage.SelectObject (&m_mybmp);

// Draw the bitmap as the window background
pDC->BitBlt (0, 0, rc.Width(), rc.Height(), &dcImage, 0, 0, SRCCOPY);

// Release
dcImage.SelectObject (pOldBitmap);
dcImage.DeleteDC ();

// Return value: Nonzero if it erases the background.
return TRUE;
}

hope this is what you need O.B