   Dynamic creation of bitmap masks
  Hey all,I'm trying to create a mask dynamically from a bmp image. Everything I'm doing here gets stored to a struture that looks like this:struct GraphicStruct    {    HBITMAP Graphic;    HBITMAP Mask;    int Width;    int Height;    };I load this up like so:    //the race icons (10 of these)    LoadBitmap("MaleHuman", &MaleHuman);    CreateBitmapMask(&MaleHuman, NULL, 0, 0);The first function (LoadBitmap) loads Graphic, Width, and Height of the structure, and this works fine (I've checked it quite extensively and there is no problem with it). The second function is meant to create the Mask part (and modifies the original bitmap Graphic slightly to work with the mask). Here is the routine:void MainScreenClass::CreateBitmapMask(GraphicStruct *Bitmap, COLORREF TransColor, int TransPixelX, int TransPixelY)    {    BITMAP bm;    HDC Src;    HDC Dst;    COLORREF Trans;    COLORREF SaveBk;    COLORREF SaveDstText;    HBITMAP SrcT;    HBITMAP DstT;    //Get the dimensions of the source bitmap    GetObject(Bitmap->Graphic, sizeof(bm), &bm);    //Create the mask bitmap    DeleteObject(Bitmap->Mask);    Bitmap->Mask = CreateBitmap(bm.bmWidth, bm.bmHeight, 1, 1, NULL);    //We will need two DCs to work with. One to hold the Image    //(the source), and one to hold the mask (destination).    Src = CreateCompatibleDC(NULL);    Dst = CreateCompatibleDC(NULL);    //Load the bitmaps into memory DC    SrcT = (HBITMAP)SelectObject(Src, Bitmap->Graphic);    DstT = (HBITMAP)SelectObject(Dst, Bitmap->Mask);//Dynamically get the transparent colorif (TransColor == NULL)   Trans = GetPixel(Src, TransPixelX, TransPixelY);else   Trans = TransColor;    //Change the background to trans color    SaveBk  = SetBkColor(Src, Trans);    //create the monocrome mask bitmap    BitBlt(Dst, 0, 0, bm.bmWidth, bm.bmHeight, &Src, 0, 0, SRCCOPY);    //Now, we need to paint onto the original image, making    //sure that the "transparent" area is set to black.    SaveDstText = SetTextColor(Src, RGB(255,255,255));    SetBkColor(Src, RGB(0,0,0));    BitBlt(Src, 0, 0, bm.bmWidth, bm.bmHeight, &Dst, 0, 0, SRCAND);    //Clean up by deselecting any objects, and delete the DC's.    SetTextColor(Dst, SaveDstText);    SetBkColor(Src, SaveBk);    SelectObject(Src, SrcT);    SelectObject(Dst, DstT);    DeleteDC(Src);    DeleteDC(Dst);    return;    }Finally, I'm checking this out by drawing to the screen, like so:    HDC Graphic;    HDC Mask;    int Width;    int Height;    //test the graphics to make sure they exist and look right    Graphic = CreateCompatibleDC(hdc);    Mask = CreateCompatibleDC(hdc);    SelectObject(Graphic, MaleHuman.Graphic);    SelectObject(Mask, MaleHuman.Mask);    Width = MaleHuman.Width;    Height = MaleHuman.Height;    BitBlt(hdc, 200, 100, Width, Height, Graphic, 0, 0, SRCCOPY);    BitBlt(hdc, 200, 200, Width, Height, Mask, 0, 0, SRCCOPY);    BitBlt(hdc, 200, 300, Width, Height, Mask, 0, 0, SRCAND);    BitBlt(hdc, 200, 300, Width, Height, Graphic, 0, 0, SRCPAINT);    ......    DeleteDC(Graphic);    DeleteDC(Mask);The first two blits are straight copys just for testing purposes, to make sure the graphics are really there and look right. The final two blits are meant to show the graphic with transparency.The end result of all of this is that the first blit works (sort of). The original graphic is there, but it has NOT been modified by the mask creation routine to set the transparency color to black. The second blit is more disturbing. The bitmap is there, but it is completely black, there is no white on it at all (it is, however, the correct size). Of course, the third icon (from blits 3 and 4) is appearing exactly as the first with no transparency at all (presumably due to the fact that no white appears on the mask).So: Why is my "CreateBitmapMask" failing to do anything except create a mask and set it to 0? Why does the same routine not replace the "hot pink" color I am using as my transparency color with black on the original graphic? What am I doing wrong here?I'm not so experienced in dealing with Win32 blitting, this is kind of a new area for me :)Ron   
  Nevermind, I figured it out. It never fails, I can stare at a routine for four hours and not find the bug, then two minutes after I post looking for help, I discover the problem.I had an extraneous '&' in both the BitBlt routines in the CreateBitmapMask routine. Works fine now.   