Re: 32-bit bitmap resources - pixel data

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From: le ténébreux (prince.d'aquitaine_at_tour.abolie)
Date: 12/28/04

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    Date: 28 Dec 2004 19:35:50 +1050

    Severian <severian@chlamydia-is-not-a-flower.com> wrote:

    >> Does this mean that the resource is now permanently in memory
    >> until the program terminates? Or was it taking up memory anyway,
    >> even before Load/LockResource() ?
    >
    > UnlockResource/FreeResource are no longer necessary. The resource is
    > always mapped into your virtual address space; the data will be paged
    > in automatically when referenced, and page out as not needed, just
    > like the executable program sections (.text). LockResource() is still
    > required, but all it really does is convert the HGLOBAL to a pointer.
    >
    > So, your resources are taking up *virutal address space*, but only
    > occupying real memory when needed.

    Excellent. Thanks very much for clearing that up.

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