Exactly what the questtion says. How do i add a bitmap (or icon) to display on the front of a button. MFC and c++. Working code please :) i'm to stupid to figure out what people mean when they say stuff like add a bitmap or a CThis and Cthat.

You can use normal CButtons or BitmapButtons. With a CButton you can add a simple bitmap to the button. With a CBitmapButton you can add up to four images for different states for the button This example is for a normal CButton. 1. Start with image file: cat.bmp 2. Photoshop Elements was used to reduce pixel size from 348W x 284H to 100W x 82H 3. Created MFC Application project with dialog box 4. Insert bitmap into project using menu: Insert -> Resource -> Bitmap -> Import 5. Change bitmap resource ID to IDB_BITMAP_CAT 6. Add CButton to dialog 7. Change resource ID of button to IDC_BUTTON_CAT 8. Edit properties of this IDC_BUTTON_CAT to check the Bitmap Style 9. Open ClassWizard and add Member Variable to dialog class that refers to the CButton created Control ID: IDC_BUTTON_CAT Type: CButton Member: m_button_cat 10. Add variable to dialog class header file to reference bitmap: file: test_buttonDlg.h ---------------------- class CTest_buttonDlg : public CDialog { ... protected: CBitmap m_Cat; ... } 11. Add code to dialog class cpp file in OnInitDialog function: file: test_buttonDlg.cpp ------------------------ BOOL CTest_buttonDlg::OnInitDialog() { ... // TODO: Add extra initialization here // load bitmap for button m_Cat.LoadBitmap(IDB_BITMAP_CAT); HBITMAP hBitmap= (HBITMAP) m_Cat.GetSafeHandle(); m_button_cat.SetBitmap(hBitmap); // resize buton for bitmap BITMAP bm; m_Cat.GetBitmap(&bm); int width = bm.bmWidth; int height = bm.bmHeight; CRect r; m_button_cat.GetWindowRect(&r); /* r comes out in screen coordinates */ ScreenToClient(&r); // MoveWindow needs coordinates in parent window r.right = r.left + width; r.bottom = r.top + height; m_button_cat.MoveWindow(&r); } Reference: Owner-Draw Buttons and Menus http://www.cs.sjsu.edu/faculty/beeson/courses/cs130/LectureNotes/16-OwnerDraw/OwnerDraw.html

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Do you know how many CBitmapbuttons can I use? The functions LoadBitmap and CreateCompatibleDC fail when I have a large number of buttons, but i donīt know why. I need help, thanks