does LoadAlphaIcon work?

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   I'm trying to create toolbars on the fly, by loading the button images from .ico files.

In my CMainFrame I am using the following to load the icon:

HBITMAP hBmp = CXTPImageManagerIcon::LoadAlphaIcon("G:\\icon17.ico",32);

The icon file has a single 32x32 16Million colour icon (I've also tried
with 256 colour icons and icon files with multiple icons).

hBmp always ends up NULL. I can load the icon using LoadImage. I only
have the demo version right now, so I can't see what is going on in the
code. 

Any ideas?

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chrisjohnson Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 28 March 2005 Status: Offline Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote chrisjohnson Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: does LoadAlphaIcon work? Posted: 07 April 2005 at 3:16pm
	I'm trying to create toolbars on the fly, by loading the button images from .ico files. In my CMainFrame I am using the following to load the icon: HBITMAP hBmp = CXTPImageManagerIcon::LoadAlphaIcon("G:\\icon17.ico",32); The icon file has a single 32x32 16Million colour icon (I've also tried with 256 colour icons and icon files with multiple icons). hBmp always ends up NULL. I can load the icon using LoadImage. I only have the demo version right now, so I can't see what is going on in the code. Any ideas?

Ark42 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 20 October 2003 Status: Offline Points: 291	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ark42 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 April 2005 at 10:21pm
	Wouldn't Alpha mean you should be using 32bit (not 24bit, if thats what you mean by 16M color)

chrisjohnson Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 28 March 2005 Status: Offline Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote chrisjohnson Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 April 2005 at 2:32am
	That might be it. I didn't know Alpha icons have to be 32bit. I'll see if I can find a 32bit icon I can test it out with. Thanks!