how to display an image?

[LAfSLyTq]

ok im making a game and idk how to display a .png image on the screen.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/27086729/Capture.PNG

[Peter87]

What library do you use for the graphics?

[LAfSLyTq]

C++, SDL and SDK's are not permitted by my school. i would fail the course

[LAfSLyTq]

help please.

[blueberry]

how did you get the window to appear? what libraries are you using?

[LAfSLyTq]

#include <windows.h>
#include <d2d1.h>
#pragma comment(lib, "d2d1")
#include "basewin.h"

please help!

[LAfSLyTq]

please help.

[LAfSLyTq]

bump

[blueberry]

Oh...I think this should be in the windows programming section.

[LAfSLyTq]

but this is for c++

[LAfSLyTq]

this is a c++ game. how do i display an image or in other words, how do i display a character?

[LAfSLyTq]

im just going to keep bumping until i get a response

[LAfSLyTq]

bump bump bump

[Duthomhas]

Some advice: Stick to the course requirements and forget the fancy graphics. Save that for later when you have time to spend on it.

Displaying a PNG is non-trivial unless you are using modern versions of Windows (Windows 7 or better), because you would have to use the libpng and zlib libraries and perform all the proper transformations to a BITMAP to a displayable HBITMAP yourself.

If undaunted, google around "Win32 API tutorial" and then "GDI tutorial".

Good luck!