Thanks for your reply It is working now I used SHLoadDIBitmap()

hurrah...I have plenty of time left.

I did something wrong. Now it works (the handle was invalid by the time I started using it). Thanks a lot.

hurrah there was a real good answer Now I have plenty of time left.

Does SHLoadDIBitmap[^] work maybe? No it does not work, but it compiled OK and the handle it returnes looks OK. The LR_LOADFROMFILE is not supported for win CE and yes that MSDN article is confusing. Thanks for your time.

LoadImage() is suppoted for Windows CE but dous not support load from file (LR_LOADFROMFILE) I am afreid. Thanks for your answer.

I am using Visual Studio 5 C++. The platform is Windows CE 6.0 R3. I need to load a bitmap from file and need the HBITMAP handle to use in my program. I have searched the Internet for this with no result. SHLoadImagefile() I can't use. OleLoadPicture() I may can use but gives me a unresolved external.

Maybe someone has encountered this problem before and want to share the solution with me.

I am using now the 90 days trial version I like to continiue with this product I realy don't know where to purchase a licence Even at the Microsoft site I can't get a price or a address I am in the Netherlands dirk@boxel.nl