HDC hdc, hdcMem;hdc = GetDC(hwnd);hdcMem = CreateCompatibleDC(hdc);ReleaseDC(hwnd, hdc);HBITMAP hBitmap = (HBITMAP)LoadImage(NULL, "filename.bmp", IMAGE_BITMAP, 0, 0, LR_LOADFROMFILE);SelectObject(hdcMem, hBitmap);BITMAP bitmap;GetObject(hBitmap, sizeof(BITMAP), &bitmap);lpddSurface->GetDC(&hdc);BitBlt(hdc, 0, 0, bitmap.bmWidth, bitmap.bmHeight, hdcMem, 0, 0, SRCCOPY);lpddSurface->ReleaseDC(hdc);  

    ///////////////////////////////////////////////////		load_bitmap_file()/////////////////////////////////////////////////void CDirectDraw::load_bitmap_file(LPDIRECTDRAWSURFACE7& lpdds, FILE file){  HBITMAP  hbm = NULL; // Handle to bitmap for LoadImage()  BITMAP   bm; // Bitmap struct    	//...Try to load the bitmap as a resource, if that fails, try it as a file      hbm = (HBITMAP) LoadImage(GetModuleHandle(NULL),			   file, 			   IMAGE_BITMAP,			   NULL,			   NULL,			   LR_CREATEDIBSECTION);  if (hbm == NULL){        hbm = (HBITMAP) LoadImage(NULL, // handle of instance 				  file, // file name				  IMAGE_BITMAP, //IMAGE_BITMAP 					  NULL, // Witdth of bitmap				  NULL,  // Height of bitmap					  LR_LOADFROMFILE |						  LR_CREATEDIBSECTION  }//end if  if ( hbm == NULL ){        ThrowEx(__LINE__,__FILE__);  }//end if//...put Bitmap info into bm struct       if( GetObject( hbm, sizeof(bm), &bm ) == NULL ){	DeleteObject(hbm); // From GetObject call up there 	ThrowEx(__LINE__,__FILE__);  }//...create a DirectDrawSurface for this bitmap   create_offscreen_surface(lpdds, bm.bmWidth,bm.bmHeight);//user defined fn()//...Put the bitmap we loaded on the new surface   copy_bitmap( lpdds, hbm, bm.bmWidth, bm.bmHeight );// user defined fn()  DeleteObject(hbm); // From GetObject call up there     }///////////////////////////////////////////////////	create_offscreen_surface()/////////////////////////////////////////////////void CDirectDraw::create_offscreen_surface(	LPDIRECTDRAWSURFACE7 &NewSurface,	DWORD width, 	DWORD height )			{    //...Clear memory and set flags    clear(ddsd);    ddsd.dwFlags = DDSD_CAPS | DDSD_HEIGHT |DDSD_WIDTH;    ddsd.ddsCaps.dwCaps = DDSCAPS_OFFSCREENPLAIN;    ddsd.dwWidth = width;    ddsd.dwHeight = height;    if( FAILED( lpdd->CreateSurface(&ddsd, &NewSurface, NULL))){			safe_delete(NewSurface);		ThrowEx(__LINE__,__FILE__);	}// end if}///////////////////////////////////////////////////				copy_bitmap()/////////////////////////////////////////////////void CDirectDraw::copy_bitmap(		LPDIRECTDRAWSURFACE7 &lpddsToCopy,// Surface to copy too		HBITMAP hbm, // handle to bitmap to copy		DWORD width,		DWORD height )	{    HDC	hdcImage = NULL; // use in StretchBlt()    HDC	hlpddsToCopy = NULL; // use in StretchBlt()        if( hbm == NULL || lpddsToCopy == NULL ) 	ThrowEx(__LINE__,__FILE__);			//...select bitmap into a memoryDC so we can use it         hdcImage = CreateCompatibleDC( NULL ); // so we can put handle into this with SelectObject     if( hdcImage == NULL )					ThrowEx(__LINE__,__FILE__);     SelectObject( hdcImage, hbm ); // puts bitmap handle into this 					       if( FAILED( lpddsToCopy->GetDC( &hlpddsToCopy ))) // Get DC handle for Surface to Blt too		ThrowEx(__LINE__,__FILE__);				    // Put Bitmap on surface ////////////////////////		if( FAILED( StretchBlt( 		hlpddsToCopy, // handle of destination surface		0, 0,  // (x,y) of destination rect		width, // Width of destination surface		height,// Height of destination surface		hdcImage, // handle of source surface		0, 0, // (x,y) of source surface			width, // Width of source		height,	 // Height of source		SRCCOPY )))        {  		ThrowEx(__LINE__,__FILE__); 	}// end if			lpddsToCopy->ReleaseDC(hlpddsToCopy); // To clean up GetDC(&hlpddsToCopy)        DeleteDC(hdcImage);// To clean up memory device context 		       // hdcImage = CreateCompatibleDC(NULL)}//end copy_bitmap()