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Posted: **Wed Jul 29, 2015 4:23 pm**

I can swap the bitmap of a toolbar item, but how do I show bitmap in place of wxStaticText and such?

GetToolBar()->SetToolNormalBitmap(ToolBar_Hex, SLPtoBitMap(50705, 0));
wxClientDC dc(this);
dc.DrawBitmap(SLPtoBitMap(50705, 1), 0, 0, true);

The bitmap flashes in the upper left corner of this (the window).
PS. I don't want to use wxGraphicsContext, since that would mean recompiling wxWidgets.
EDIT: wxStaticBitmap doesn't accept large enough images.

Some of my images are small enough, but only first call to SetBitmap centers the image. After that all images are drawn to upper left corner.

Posted: **Wed Jul 29, 2015 5:07 pm**

Don't use wxClientDC. Forget that it exists.

Everything that you draw on a wxClientDC will be overdrawn by the next "regular" redraw, therefore it's useless except for some very specific redraw optimizations when speed is crucial.

If you want any custom content, take a wxPanel, catch its wxPAINT_EVENT and draw your content there.

BTW: wxGenericStaticBitmap can handle bitmaps of any size.

Posted: **Wed Jul 29, 2015 5:14 pm**

Thanks, I'll try wxPanel.
I assume that wxGenericStaticBitmap is not part of 2.8 version.

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