Here is a simple code to load and siplay any bitmap from resource file. d is a pointer to CDC , while IDB_BITMAP1 is name of BITMAP resource which u want to display.. //d is pointer to CDC CDC dc; CBitmap bitmap; bitmap.LoadBitmap(IDB_BITMAP1); dc.CreateCompatibleDC(d); d->SelectObject(&bitmap); d->BitBlt(0,0,100,100,&dc,0,0,SRCCOPY); Muhammad Shoaib Khan http://geocities.com/lansolution