ImageFromIDResource

bool ImageFromIDResource(UINT nID, LPCTSTR sTR,Bitmap * &pImg)
{
    HINSTANCE hInst = AfxGetResourceHandle();
    HRSRC hRsrc = ::FindResource (hInst,MAKEINTRESOURCE(nID),sTR); // type
    if (!hRsrc)
        return FALSE;
    // load resource into memory
    DWORD len = SizeofResource(hInst, hRsrc);
    BYTE* lpRsrc = (BYTE*)LoadResource(hInst, hRsrc);
    if (!lpRsrc)
        return FALSE;
    // Allocate global memory on which to create stream
    HGLOBAL m_hMem = GlobalAlloc(GMEM_FIXED, len);
    BYTE* pmem = (BYTE*)GlobalLock(m_hMem);
    memcpy(pmem,lpRsrc,len);
    IStream* pstm;
    CreateStreamOnHGlobal(m_hMem,FALSE,&pstm);
    // load from stream
    pImg=Bitmap::FromStream(pstm);
    // free/release stuff
    GlobalUnlock(m_hMem);
    pstm->Release();
    FreeResource(lpRsrc);
    return 1;
}