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Import Library
comctl32.lib
Header File
commctrl.h
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ImageList_LoadImage

The ImageList_LoadImage function creates an image list from the specified bitmap, cursor, or icon resource.

HIMAGELIST ImageList_LoadImage(

HINSTANCE hi,

LPCSTR lpbmp,

int cx,

int cGrow,

COLORREF crMask,

UINT uType,

UINT uFlags

);

Parameters

hi

Handle to the instance that contains the resource.

If the hi parameter is zero, the low-order word of this parameter must be the identifier of the OEM image to load. The OEM image identifiers are defined in WINUSER.H. Following are the identifier prefixes and their meanings:

Prefix
Meaning
OBM_
OEM bitmaps
OIC_
OEM icons
OCR_
OEM cursors

lpbmsp

Pointer to a null-terminated string that contains the name of the image to load.

If the uFlags parameter specifies the LR_LOADFROMFILE value, the lpbmp parameter must be the name of the file that contains the image.

cx

Width of each image. The height of each image and the initial number of images are inferred by the dimensions of the specified resource.

cGrow

Amount of images by which the image list can grow when the system needs to resize the list to make room for new images. This parameter represents the number of new images that the resized image list can contain.

crMask

Color used to generate a mask. Each pixel of this color in the specified bitmap, cursor, or icon is changed to black, and the corresponding bit in the mask is set to 1. If this parameter is the CLR_NONE value, no mask is generated.

uType

Flag that specifies the type of image to load. This parameter can be one of the following values:

Value
Meaning
IMAGE_BITMAP
Loads a bitmap.
IMAGE_CURSOR
Loads a cursor.
IMAsssGE_ICON
Loads an icon.

uFlags

Flags that specify how to load the image. This parameter can be a combination of the following values:

Value
Meaning
LR_DEFAULTCOLOR
Uses the color format of the display.
LR_LOADDEFAULTSIZE
Uses the width or height specified by the system metric values for cursors and icons if the cx parameter is set to zero. If this value is not specified and cx is set to zero, the function sets the size to that specified in the resource. If the resource contains multiple images, the function sets the size to that of the first image.
LR_LOADFROMFILE
Loads the image from the file specified by the lpbmp parameter.
LR_LOADMAP3DCOLORS
Searches the color table for the image and replaces the following shades of gray with the corresponding three-dimensional color:

Dk Gray,
RGB(128, 128, 128)
COLOR_3DSHADOW
Gray,
RGB(192, 192, 192)
COLOR_3DFACE
Lt Gray,
RGB(223, 223, 223)
COLOR_3DLIGHT

LR_LOADTRANSPARENT
Retrieves the color value of the first pixel in the image and replaces the corresponding entry in the color table with the default window color (the COLOR_WINDOW display color). All pixels in the image that use that entry become the default window value color. This value applies only to images that have corresponding color tables.
LR_MONOCHROME
Loads the image in black and white.
LR_SHARED
Shares the image handle if the image is loaded multiple times. Do not use this value for images that have nontraditional sizes that might change after loading or for images that are loaded from a file.

Return Values

If the function succeeds, the return value is the handle of the image list.

If the function fails, the return value is NULL.

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