Question

I am trying to stretch an HBITMAP with alpha and draw it to anther hdc.

I’m using StretchDIBits and then AlphaBlend, as shown in the code below.

The problem is that AlphaBlend fails and returns false.
1. Does anyone knows what could be the reason?
2. Is there a better why to stretch and draw a transparent image?

void AnimationManager::Draw(HDC hBBDC, Instance sInstance,RECT sClientRect)
{
    // sClientRect is the hwnd rect

    int nID = GetId(sInstance.nAnemationId);
    int nFrameindex = sInstance.nFrameIndexs;

    HDC hdcScreen = GetDC(NULL);
    HDC hdcMem = CreateCompatibleDC(hdcScreen);

    BITMAP bmp;
    PBITMAPINFO pbmi;
    WORD cClrBits;

    ///******************* create PBITMAPINFO *********************///

    GetObject(m_pAnimations[nID]->m_pFramesArray[nFrameindex]->hBmp, sizeof(bmp), &bmp);
    cClrBits = (WORD)(bmp.bmPlanes * bmp.bmBitsPixel);
    if(cClrBits == 1)
        cClrBits = 1;
    else if(cClrBits <= 4)
            cClrBits = 4;
    else if(cClrBits <= 8)
            cClrBits = 8;
    else if(cClrBits <= 24)
            cClrBits = 24;
    else cClrBits = 32;

    if(cClrBits != 24)
        pbmi = (PBITMAPINFO)LocalAlloc(LPTR, sizeof(BITMAPINFOHEADER)+sizeof(RGBQUAD)*(1<<cClrBits));
    else
        pbmi = (PBITMAPINFO)LocalAlloc(LPTR, sizeof(BITMAPINFOHEADER));

    pbmi->bmiHeader.biSize = sizeof(BITMAPINFOHEADER);
    pbmi->bmiHeader.biWidth = bmp.bmWidth;
    pbmi->bmiHeader.biHeight = bmp.bmHeight;
    pbmi->bmiHeader.biPlanes = bmp.bmPlanes;
    pbmi->bmiHeader.biBitCount = bmp.bmBitsPixel;
    if(cClrBits < 24)
        pbmi->bmiHeader.biClrUsed = (1<<cClrBits);

    pbmi->bmiHeader.biCompression = BI_RGB;

    pbmi->bmiHeader.biSizeImage = ((pbmi->bmiHeader.biWidth * cClrBits + 31)& ~31)/8 * pbmi->bmiHeader.biHeight;
    pbmi->bmiHeader.biClrImportant = 0;


    ///**************************end PBITMAPINFO creation *****************************************///


    // I checked the code to this point and it seems to be fine. The problem stasrts here:

    ///create a pointer to the image bits
    LPVOID lpvBits = (LPVOID)LocalAlloc(GPTR,pbmi->bmiHeader.biSizeImage);
    GetBitmapBits(m_pAnimations[nID]->m_pFramesArray[nFrameindex]->hBmp, pbmi->bmiHeader.biSizeImage, lpvBits);

    ///stretch
    bool test = StretchDIBits(hdcMem,0,sClientRect.bottom,sClientRect.right, -1*sClientRect.bottom,0,0,pbmi->bmiHeader.biWidth,pbmi->bmiHeader.biHeight, lpvBits,pbmi,DIB_RGB_COLORS, SRCCOPY);

    ///blend
    test = AlphaBlend(hBBDC,0,0,sClientRect.right, sClientRect.bottom,hdcMem,0,0,sClientRect.right,sClientRect.bottom,m_sBlendfunc);


    test = DeleteDC(hdcMem);  // after CreateCompatibleDC
    test = ReleaseDC(NULL, hdcScreen); // after GetDC

    LocalFree(pbmi);
    LocalFree(lpvBits);
}

Answer 1

Why using StretchDIBits if AlphaBlend also can stretch?