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Tile, center and stretch a bitmap as your MFC dialog background

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A small CDialog derived class that helps avoid frequent copy/pasting of the same code, when using a bitmap as dialog background
#if !defined(AFX_BDIALOG_H__A303185C_4254_4F5F_B5A8_462531A59B83__INCLUDED_)
#define AFX_BDIALOG_H__A303185C_4254_4F5F_B5A8_462531A59B83__INCLUDED_

#if _MSC_VER > 1000
#pragma once
#endif // _MSC_VER > 1000


#define StyleTile 0
#define StyleCenter 1
#define StyleStretch 2

class CBDialog : public CDialog
{
// Construction
public:
	int SetBitmap(UINT nIDResource);
	void SetBitmapStyle(int style);

	CBDialog(UINT nIDTemplate, CWnd* pParent = NULL);   // standard constructor

// Dialog Data
	//{{AFX_DATA(CBDialog)	
		// NOTE: the ClassWizard will add data members here
	//}}AFX_DATA


// Overrides
	// ClassWizard generated virtual function overrides
	//{{AFX_VIRTUAL(CBDialog)
	protected:
	//}}AFX_VIRTUAL

// Implementation
protected:

	// Generated message map functions
	//{{AFX_MSG(CBDialog)
	afx_msg BOOL OnEraseBkgnd(CDC* pDC);
	//}}AFX_MSG
	DECLARE_MESSAGE_MAP()
private:
	CBitmap m_bitmap;
	int m_style;
};

//{{AFX_INSERT_LOCATION}}
// Microsoft Visual C++ will insert additional declarations immediately before the previous line.

#endif // !defined(AFX_BDIALOG_H__A303185C_4254_4F5F_B5A8_462531A59B83__INCLUDED_)

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Nish Nishant is a technology enthusiast from Columbus, Ohio. He has over 20 years of software industry experience in various roles including Chief Technology Officer, Senior Solution Architect, Lead Software Architect, Principal Software Engineer, and Engineering/Architecture Team Leader. Nish is a 14-time recipient of the Microsoft Visual C++ MVP Award.

Nish authored C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications in 2005, and co-authored Extending MFC Applications with the .NET Framework for Addison Wesley in 2003. In addition, he has over 140 published technology articles on CodeProject.com and another 250+ blog articles on his WordPress blog. Nish is experienced in technology leadership, solution architecture, software architecture, cloud development (AWS and Azure), REST services, software engineering best practices, CI/CD, mentoring, and directing all stages of software development.

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