Are .bmp's the only picture format you can use with msvc++ ? .Bmp's tend to be pretty big in size, and I would like to add some nice graphics to my program, but even a little picture in .bmp format is 26kb, and the whole point of this program is filesize. Right now without any pictures, its 32kb. I would like to keep the filesze under 45kb, but with a .bmp, it goes over that limit ? Does anybody know how to use other picture file formats with msvc++ ? I program using pure API, no MFC.