How do use LoadBitmap to load bitmaps in GDI. I really need to know this as soon as possible. Please give me many ways to do this.

Try looking in the Microsoft Windows SDK. All the information is in there.

Here is some code from my Delphi game engine to load a bitmap into a DirectDraw surface.

var  hbmBitmap: HBITMAP;  hdcImage: HDC;  hdcSurf: HDC;  DDSD: TDDSurfaceDesc2;begin  Log(''Loading '' + AFilename);  FFilename := AFilename;  if (Length(AFilename) = 0) or (AFilename = ''[Primary]'') or (AFilename = ''[BackBuffer]'') then    Exit;  hbmBitmap := 0;  hdcImage := 0;  hdcSurf := 0;  { Auto-create the surface here if required from the bitmap dimensions. }  if not SurfaceValid then  begin    if GetBitmapSize then      CreateSurface    else      raise ESlyDXSurfaceError.Create(''LoadFromFile: Error retrieving bitmap info from file '' + FFilename);  end;  ZeroMemory(@DDSD, SizeOf(TDDSurfaceDesc2));  DDSD.dwSize := SizeOf(TDDSurfaceDesc2);  try    { Get the surface description. }    DDCheck(FSurface.GetSurfaceDesc(DDSD), ''LoadFromFile: Error getting surface description'');    { Try to load the bitmap. }    hbmBitmap := LoadImage(0, PChar(FFilename), IMAGE_BITMAP, DDSD.dwWidth,      DDSD.dwHeight, LR_LOADFROMFILE or LR_CREATEDIBSECTION);    if hbmBitmap = 0 then      raise ESlyDXSurfaceError.Create(''LoadFromFile: Error loading file '' + FFilename);    { Create a compatible DC and select the image into it. }    hdcImage := CreateCompatibleDC(0);    SelectObject(hdcImage, hbmBitmap);    { Get a DC for the surface. }    DDCheck(FSurface.GetDC(hdcSurf), ''LoadFromFile: Error getting a DC for the surface'');    { The BitBlt will perform format conversion as necessary. }    if not BitBlt(hdcSurf, 0, 0, DDSD.dwWidth, DDSD.dwHeight, hdcImage, 0, 0, SRCCOPY) then      raise ESlyDXSurfaceError.Create(''LoadFromFile: Error copying bitmap to surface DC'');  finally    { Clean up everything. }    if hdcSurf <> 0 then      FSurface.ReleaseDC(hdcSurf);    if hdcImage <> 0 then      DeleteDC(hdcImage);    if hbmBitmap <> 0 then      DeleteObject(hbmBitmap);  end;end;

Steve ''Sly'' Williams
Tools Developer
Krome Studios