Bitmap.GetHbitmap Method

You are responsible for calling the GDI DeleteObject method to free the memory used by the GDI bitmap object. For more information about GDI bitmaps, see Bitmaps in the Windows GDI documentation.

The following code example demonstrates how to use the GetHbitmap method.

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("gdi32.dll")]
public static extern bool DeleteObject(IntPtr hObject);


private void DemonstrateGetHbitmap()
{
    Bitmap bm = new Bitmap("Picture.jpg");
    IntPtr hBitmap = bm.GetHbitmap();

    // Do something with hBitmap.
    DeleteObject(hBitmap);
}

.NET Framework

.NET Framework Client Profile

• SecurityPermission  

  for calling into unmanaged code. Related enumeration: UnmanagedCode

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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