// Each DC must select a bitmap object to store pixel data.
bmBackOld = SelectObject(hdcBack, bmAndBack);
bmObjectOld = SelectObject(hdcObject, bmAndObject);
bmMemOld = SelectObject(hdcMem, bmAndMem);
bmSaveOld = SelectObject(hdcSave, bmSave);
// Set proper mapping mode.
SetMapMode(hdcTemp, GetMapMode(hdc));
// Save the bitmap sent here, because it will be overwritten.
BitBlt(hdcSave, 0, 0, ptSize.x, ptSize.y, hdcTemp, 0, 0, SRCCOPY);
// Set the background color of the source DC to the color.
// contained in the parts of the bitmap that should be transparent
cColor = SetBkColor(hdcTemp, cTransparentColor);
// Create the object mask for the bitmap by performing a BitBlt
// from the source bitmap to a monochrome bitmap.
BitBlt(hdcObject, 0, 0, ptSize.x, ptSize.y, hdcTemp, 0, 0,
SRCCOPY);
// Set the background color of the source DC back to the original
// color.
SetBkColor(hdcTemp, cColor);
// Create the inverse of the object mask.
BitBlt(hdcBack, 0, 0, ptSize.x, ptSize.y, hdcObject, 0, 0,
NOTSRCCOPY);
// Copy the background of the main DC to the destination.
BitBlt(hdcMem, 0, 0, ptSize.x, ptSize.y, hdc, xStart, yStart,
SRCCOPY);
// Mask out the places where the bitmap will be placed.
BitBlt(hdcMem, 0, 0, ptSize.x, ptSize.y, hdcObject, 0, 0, SRCAND);
// Mask out the transparent colored pixels on the bitmap.
BitBlt(hdcTemp, 0, 0, ptSize.x, ptSize.y, hdcBack, 0, 0, SRCAND);
// XOR the bitmap with the background on the destination DC.
BitBlt(hdcMem, 0, 0, ptSize.x, ptSize.y, hdcTemp, 0, 0, SRCPAINT);
// Copy the destination to the screen.
BitBlt(hdc, xStart, yStart, ptSize.x, ptSize.y, hdcMem, 0, 0,
SRCCOPY);
// Place the original bitmap back into the bitmap sent here.
BitBlt(hdcTemp, 0, 0, ptSize.x, ptSize.y, hdcSave, 0, 0, SRCCOPY);
The following is an example of how the DrawTransparentBitmap function might be called:
DrawTransparentBitmap(hdc, // The destination DC.
hBitmap, // The bitmap to be drawn.
xPos, // X coordinate.
yPos, // Y coordinate.
0x00FFFFFF); // The color for transparent
// pixels (white, in this
// example).