::ResLoadBitmap

Loads a bitmap from a resource file, using a specified language

HBITMAP ResLoadBitmap(
   HINSTANCE hinst,
   UINT uBitmapID,
   LANGID langid
);

Parameters

hinst

Module handle of a resource file.

uBitmapID

Numeric bitmap resource identifier.

langid

The language ID of the desired language. This can be formed using the MAKELANGID(...) macro, or found using LANGIDFROMLCID(GetThreadLocale()).

Return Value

Remarks

This function loads a bitmap from a resource file, using the specified language if possible.

The bitmap should be released with DeleteObject when no longer in use.

Requirements

Header: xllres.h

See Also

Global resource functions