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System.Drawing
Image Class
Image Methods
FromHbitmap Method
 FromHbitmap Method (IntPtr, IntPtr)

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Microsoft Visual Studio 2005/.NET Framework 2.0

Other versions are also available for the following:
Image.FromHbitmap Method (IntPtr, IntPtr)
Creates a Bitmap from a handle to a GDI bitmap and a handle to a GDI palette.

Namespace: System.Drawing
Assembly: System.Drawing (in system.drawing.dll)

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Shared Function FromHbitmap ( _
    hbitmap As IntPtr, _
    hpalette As IntPtr _
) As Bitmap
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim hbitmap As IntPtr
Dim hpalette As IntPtr
Dim returnValue As Bitmap

returnValue = Image.FromHbitmap(hbitmap, hpalette)
C#
public static Bitmap FromHbitmap (
    IntPtr hbitmap,
    IntPtr hpalette
)
C++
public:
static Bitmap^ FromHbitmap (
    IntPtr hbitmap, 
    IntPtr hpalette
)
J#
public static Bitmap FromHbitmap (
    IntPtr hbitmap, 
    IntPtr hpalette
)
JScript
public static function FromHbitmap (
    hbitmap : IntPtr, 
    hpalette : IntPtr
) : Bitmap
XAML
Not applicable.

Parameters

hbitmap

The GDI bitmap handle from which to create the Bitmap.

hpalette

A handle to a GDI palette used to define the bitmap colors if the bitmap specified in the hBitmap parameter is not a device-independent bitmap (DIB).

Return Value

The Bitmap this method creates.

The FromHbitmap method makes a copy of the GDI bitmap; so you can release the incoming GDI bitmap using the GDIDeleteObject method immediately after creating the new Image.

Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
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