Re: LoadImage(LR_LOADFROMFILE) fails with no error


"Ian Boyd" <ian.msnews010@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Calling:
LoadImage(0, 'c:\samplebmp.bmp', IMAGE_BITMAP, 0, 0, LR_LOADFROMFILE);

returns no handle (0), and GetLastError returns 0.


The file exists.
The file is a bmp.
What more does it want?

The code that fails:


var
szFilename: string;
hCurrentBmp: HBITMAP;
hr: HRESULT;
begin
szFilename := 'c:\samplebmp.bmp';

hCurrentBmp := LoadBitmap(0, PChar(szFilename));
if hCurrentBmp = 0 then
begin
hr := GetLastError;
MessageDlg('Error '+IntToStr(hr)+' loading bitmap "'+szFilename+'":
'+SysErrorMessage(hr), mtError, [mbOk], 0);
end;
end;


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