Resource file format for RT_BITMAP

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From: Buster
Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 01:40

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I want to put a bitmap in the resources of my .exe file, so that I can
load it using FindResource (with an lpType parameter of RT_BITMAP) and
LoadResource. To do this I'll be using UpdateResource:

BOOL UpdateResource(
  HANDLE hUpdate, // update-file handle
  LPCTSTR lpType, // resource type
  LPCTSTR lpName, // resource name
  WORD wLanguage, // language identifier
  LPVOID lpData,  // resource data
  DWORD cbData    // length of resource data
);

What format should the resource data pointed to by lpData be in?

Apparently this is a completely bizzare thing to want to do, as the
Microsoft docs give no clue, as far as I can see. (The page on
resource file formats gives details on pretty much everything except
bitmaps.)

Thanks for reading

Buster

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