Применение Windows API

 HBITMAP Release {

 HBITMAP h = _hBitmap;

  _hBitmap = 0;

  return h;

 }

 ~Bitmap {

  Free;

 }

 // implicit conversion for use with Windows API

 operator HBITMAP {

  return _hBitmap;

 }

protected:

 Bitmap(HBITMAP hBitmap) : _hBitmap(hBitmap) {}

 void Free {

  if (_hBitmap) ::DeleteObject(_hBitmap);

 }

 HBITMAP _hBitmap;

};

Now that the management issues are out of the way, we can concentrate on loading bitmaps. The simplest way to include a bitmap in your program is to add it to the resource file. In the resource editor of your development environment you can create new bitmaps or import them from external files. You can either give them names (strings) or numerical ids. When you want to access such a bitmap in your program you have to load it from the resources. Here are two methods that do just that. You have to give them a handle to the program instance.

void Bitmap::Load(HINSTANCE hInst, char const * resName) {

 Free;

 _hBitmap = (HBITMAP)::LoadImage(hInst, resName, IMAGE_BITMAP, 0, 0, LR_CREATEDIBSECTION);

 if (_hBitmap == 0) throw WinException("Cannot load bitmap from resources", resName);

}

void Bitmap::Load(HINSTANCE hInst, int id) {

 Free;

 _hBitmap = (HBITMAP)::LoadImage(hInst, MAKEINTRESOURCE(id), IMAGE_BITMAP, 0, 0, LR_CREATEDIBSECTION);

 if (_hBitmap == 0) throw WinException("Cannot load bitmap from resources");

}

Loading a bitmap directly from a file is also very simple and can be done using the same API, LoadImage. Remember, it will only work if the file is a Windows (or OS/2) bitmap — such files usually have the extension .bmp. There is no simple way of loading other types of graphics files, .gif, .jpg, .png, etc. You have to know their binary layout and decode them explicitly (there are other web sites that have this information).

void Bitmap::Load(char* path) {

 Free;

 _hBitmap = (HBITMAP)::LoadImage(0, path, IMAGE_BITMAP, 0, 0, LR_LOADFROMFILE);

 if(_hBitmap == 0) throw WinException("Cannot load bitmap from file", path);

}

Once you got hold of a bitmap, you may want to enquire about its dimensions. Here's how you do it.

void Bitmap::GetSize(int& width, int& height) {

 BITMAP bm;

 ::GetObject(_hBitmap, sizeof(bm), &bm);

 width = bm.bmWidth;

 height = bm.bmHeight;

}

Finally, you might want to create an empty bitmap and fill it with your own drawings programmatically. You have to specify the dimensions of the bitmap and you have to provide a device context (Canvas) for which the bitmap is targeted. Windows will create a different type of bitmap when your target is a monochrome monitor or printer, and different when it's a graphics card set to True Color. Windows will create a bitmap that is compatible with the target device.

Bitmap::Bitmap(Canvas& canvas, int dx, int dy) : _hBitmap (0) {

 CreateCompatible(canvas, dx, dy);

}

void Bitmap::CreateCompatible(Canvas& canvas, int width, int height) {

 Free;

 _hBitmap = ::CreateCompatibleBitmap(canvas, width, height);

}

How do you display the bitmap on screen? You have to blit it. Blit stands for "block bit transfer" or something like that. When you blit a bitmap, you have to specify a lot of parameters, so we'll just encapsulate the blitting request in a separate object, the blitter. This is a very handy object that sets the obvious defaults for blitting, but at the same time lets you override each and any of them.

A blitter transfers a rectangular area of the bitmap into a rectangular area of the screen. The meaning of various parameters is the following:

• Source position: pixel coordinates of the upper left corner of the bitmap area, to be transferred. The default is the upper left corner of the bitmap.