RE: [GD-Windows] In memory bitmap to HBITMAP

[Brian H. <bri...@py...>]

At 10:40 AM 12/7/2001 +0000, Andrew Grant wrote:
>CreateCompatibleDC creates a memory DC. By default memory DC's have a 1x1
>monochrome surface so when you call CreateDIBitmap you are creating a bitmap
>which is the same type as that DC, e.g monochrome. Try passing in the DC of
>your window instead to CreateDIBitmap.

Someone else mentioned this to me off-list, and I felt stupid because the 
help says this.  But I don't feel THAT stupid because, well, look at the 
name of the function and I was passing in "NULL", which means (to me) 
"Create a DC compatible with the screen".  And I'm not running in 
monochrome, thank you =)  But as you say, DC compatibility doesn't mean 
color depth compatibility, it means "device characteristic" 
compatibility.  So, yeah, I guess it was a stupid newbie error =)

I'll give the various suggestions a shot today, thanks!

Brian