ImageList to DIB

ImageList to DIB

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This article was contributed by Mike Wild.

In my PrintTree sample I wanted to print the tree in color. This was easy for text, but not for the icons. I tried a lot to convert the imagelist to DIB, but what I really needed was a method, which gives back the DIB of one icon, not of the whole Imagelist. And here is the used method: 

 

HANDLE CAdvancedTreeCtrl::ImageToDIB( CImageList *  pImageList,  int  iImageNumber, CWnd *  pWnd,
                                     BOOL bOverlay, HTREEITEM actualItem )
... {
    // Local Variables
    CBitmap bitmap;
    CWindowDC dc( pWnd );
    
    CDC memDC;
    CRect rect;
    CPalette pal;
    IMAGEINFO imageInfo;
    
    if( FALSE == pImageList->GetImageInfo( iImageNumber, &imageInfo ) )
    ...{
        // Getting of the Imageinfos failed
        return NULL;
    }
    
    // Create compatible stuff and select Bitmap
    if( FALSE == memDC.CreateCompatibleDC( &dc ) )
    ...{
        // Create failed
        return NULL;
    }
    
    if( FALSE == bitmap.CreateCompatibleBitmap( &dc, 
        imageInfo.rcImage.bottom-imageInfo.rcImage.top, 
        imageInfo.rcImage.right-imageInfo.rcImage.left ) )
    ...{
        // Create failed
        return NULL;
    }
    
    CBitmap* pOldBitmap = memDC.SelectObject( &bitmap );
    if( NULL == pOldBitmap )
    ...{
        // Select failed
        return NULL;
    }
    
    // Local Variables for Draw
    CPoint point( 0, 0);
    UINT nStyle = ILD_NORMAL;
    
    // Is there an Overlay
    if( TRUE == bOverlay )
    ...{
        // Set the wanted style
        nStyle = ILD_TRANSPARENT | ( TVIS_OVERLAYMASK & GetItemState( actualItem, TVIS_OVERLAYMASK ) );
    }
    
    // Draw Image to the compatible DC
    if( FALSE == pImageList->Draw( &memDC, iImageNumber, point, nStyle ) )
    ...{
        // Drawing of the Image failed
        return NULL;
    }
    
    // Create logical palette if device support a palette
    if( dc.GetDeviceCaps( RASTERCAPS ) & RC_PALETTE )
    ...{
        UINT nSize = sizeof(LOGPALETTE) + ( sizeof(PALETTEENTRY) * 256 );
        LOGPALETTE* pLP = (LOGPALETTE*)new BYTE[nSize];
        pLP->palVersion = 0x300;
        pLP->palNumEntries = (unsigned short)GetSystemPaletteEntries( dc, 0, 255, 
            pLP->palPalEntry );
        
        // Create the palette
        pal.CreatePalette( pLP );
        
        // Free memory
        delete[] pLP;
    }
    
    memDC.SelectObject( pOldBitmap );
    
    // Convert the bitmap to a DIB
    return DDBToDIB( bitmap, BI_RGB, &pal );
}

The DDBToDIB-Method is the one already published under "Converting DDB to DIB".

Bugs and Improvements: Please report all bugs and improvements to me, thanks and enjoy it.

Date Posted: 5 May 1998

Last updated: 22 March 1999