Step 2: Loading the Bitmaps to the Off-Screen Surfaces

After the two off-screen surfaces are created, DDEX3 uses the InitSurfaces function to load the bitmaps from the Frntback.bmp file onto the surfaces. The InitSurfaces function uses the DDCopyBitmap function located in Ddutil.cpp to load both of the bitmaps, as shown in the following example:

// Load the bitmap resource.

hbm = (HBITMAP)LoadImage(GetModuleHandle(NULL), szBitmap,

IMAGE_BITMAP, 0, 0, LR_CREATEDIBSECTION);

if (hbm == NULL)

return FALSE;

DDCopyBitmap(lpDDSOne, hbm, 0, 0, 640, 480);

DDCopyBitmap(lpDDSTwo, hbm, 0, 480, 640, 480);

DeleteObject(hbm);

return TRUE;

If you look at the Frntback.bmp file in Microsoft Paint or another drawing application, you can see that the bitmap consists of two screens, one on top of the other. The DDCopyBitmap function breaks the bitmap in two at the point where the screens meet. In addition, it loads the first bitmap into the first off-screen surface (lpDDSOne) and the second bitmap into the second off-screen surface (lpDDSTwo).