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LoadImageFromFile LoadImageFromFile PROC pImageFileName:DWORD This function loads a BMP, JPG, GIF or WMF image from disc and returns the handle to the image. pImageFileName is a pointer to the FULL path name of the image file to be displayedLoadImageFromMem LoadImageFromMem PROC pImageAddr:DWORD,ImageLen:DWORD This function returns the handle of an image stored in memory. Valid image formats are BMP, JPG, GIF and WMF pImageAddr is a pointer to the location of the image in memory. ImageLen is the size of the image. In case of error, both of the functions will return NULL.