Applying a bitmap image to a texture

[Anonymous]

Hi

I am using the following code in a SceneImport plugin.

                        BitMapTex* theTex= NewDefaultBitmapTex();
 BitmapInfo bi;
 Bitmap* bmap;
 bi.SetName(longFileName);
 bmap= TheManager->Load(&bi);
 theTex->SetBitmapInfo(bi); //set Bitmap info first 
 theTex->SetBitmap(bmap);

Subsequently this texture is applied to a material. The appropriate bitmaps are initially visible on the scene materials in the material editor (as well as on the imported model when I use the "Standard display with maps" option on the menu), but the "view image" button in the material editor does nothing. And if I click "Reload" the texture disappears. It's obvious one or more extra function calls are missing; what could they be?

Btw I could have skipped creating a Bitmap and BitmapInfo and just used "SetMapName". Works fine at times but this occasionally causes crashes (probably because of invalid Bitmap* pointer).

[Anonymous]

hi, did you solve this problem? I am encountering the problem

[Anonymous]

ok,the problem is solved,
....
do not use setbitmap(), it is no use, u should use SetMapName(filePath);that's work, render in 3ds Max, you will see the bitmap

[Anonymous]

Thanks you for this topic. But I have problem with bitmap creating. TheManager->Load returns null, LoadInto has fail result. So I don't know. It should be so easy to create bitmap from png texture and set in to material. I working on it few days in row. But 3ds max API is the WORST API I ever seen. 

Maybe you still have you code with this functional?