Question about CreateDIBitmap API

[unchain]

I'm working with 24 bits bitmap, reading them in hexadecimal and i'm trying to show the image by using a DC and other object but my algorythm is kind of slow when is greater than 400x300.
I have bitmaps RGB information in an array in hexadecimal and I know that there's a way of loading the image in memory by using a RGBQuad array of the CreateDibitmap. So my question is: how can i make it ?

[jim mcnamara]

Maybe you want CreateDIBSection -

Private Const BI_RGB = 0&
Private Const DIB_RGB_COLORS = 0 ' color table in RGBs
Private Type BITMAPINFOHEADER '40 bytes
        biSize As Long
        biWidth As Long
        biHeight As Long
        biPlanes As Integer
        biBitCount As Integer
        biCompression As Long
        biSizeImage As Long
        biXPelsPerMeter As Long
        biYPelsPerMeter As Long
        biClrUsed As Long
        biClrImportant As Long
End Type
Private Type RGBQUAD
        rgbBlue As Byte
        rgbGreen As Byte
        rgbRed As Byte
        rgbReserved As Byte
End Type
Private Type BITMAPINFO
        bmiHeader As BITMAPINFOHEADER
        bmiColors As RGBQUAD
End Type
Private Declare Function CreateCompatibleDC Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hdc As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function CreateDIBSection Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hdc As Long, pBitmapInfo As BITMAPINFO, ByVal un As Long, ByVal lplpVoid As Long, ByVal handle As Long, ByVal dw As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetDIBits Lib "gdi32" (ByVal aHDC As Long, ByVal hBitmap As Long, ByVal nStartScan As Long, ByVal nNumScans As Long, lpBits As Any, lpBI As BITMAPINFO, ByVal wUsage As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function SetDIBitsToDevice Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hdc As Long, ByVal x As Long, ByVal y As Long, ByVal dx As Long, ByVal dy As Long, ByVal SrcX As Long, ByVal SrcY As Long, ByVal Scan As Long, ByVal NumScans As Long, Bits As Any, BitsInfo As BITMAPINFO, ByVal wUsage As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function SelectObject Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hdc As Long, ByVal hObject As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function DeleteDC Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hdc As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function DeleteObject Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hObject As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function BitBlt Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hDestDC As Long, ByVal x As Long, ByVal y As Long, ByVal nWidth As Long, ByVal nHeight As Long, ByVal hSrcDC As Long, ByVal xSrc As Long, ByVal ySrc As Long, ByVal dwRop As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetDC Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long) As Long
Dim iBitmap As Long, iDC As Long
Private Sub Form_Paint()
    'KPD-Team 2000
    'URL: http://www.allapi.net/
    'E-Mail: [email protected]
    '-> Compile this code for better performance
    Dim bi24BitInfo As BITMAPINFO, bBytes() As Byte, Cnt As Long
    With bi24BitInfo.bmiHeader
        .biBitCount = 24
        .biCompression = BI_RGB
        .biPlanes = 1
        .biSize = Len(bi24BitInfo.bmiHeader)
        .biWidth = 100
        .biHeight = 100
    End With
    ReDim bBytes(1 To bi24BitInfo.bmiHeader.biWidth * bi24BitInfo.bmiHeader.biHeight * 3) As Byte
    iDC = CreateCompatibleDC(0)
    iBitmap = CreateDIBSection(iDC, bi24BitInfo, DIB_RGB_COLORS, ByVal 0&, ByVal 0&, ByVal 0&)
    SelectObject iDC, iBitmap
    BitBlt iDC, 0, 0, bi24BitInfo.bmiHeader.biWidth, bi24BitInfo.bmiHeader.biHeight, GetDC(0), 0, 0, vbSrcCopy
    GetDIBits iDC, iBitmap, 0, bi24BitInfo.bmiHeader.biHeight, bBytes(1), bi24BitInfo, DIB_RGB_COLORS
    For Cnt = LBound(bBytes) To UBound(bBytes)
        If bBytes(Cnt) < 50 Then
            bBytes(Cnt) = 0
        Else
            bBytes(Cnt) = bBytes(Cnt) - 50
        End If
    Next Cnt
    SetDIBitsToDevice Me.hdc, 0, 0, bi24BitInfo.bmiHeader.biWidth, bi24BitInfo.bmiHeader.biHeight, 0, 0, 0, bi24BitInfo.bmiHeader.biHeight, bBytes(1), bi24BitInfo, DIB_RGB_COLORS
    DeleteDC iDC
    DeleteObject iBitmap
End Sub

[Janus]

SetDIBitsToDevice is deprecated in 9x/NT - you should use StretchDIBits.