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Thanks for mentioning two options in handling errors in a constructor. I guess I will use the option 1 (set a Error-In_Constructor flag). This option seems to be compatible with the way my program works. Thanks for your great tips !!

Thanks for telling me the truth that I cannot use throwing an exception to handle errors in a constructor. Thanks again.

Thanks for telling me the truth (need to manually delete old bitmap handle before ending the destructor) before I make a big mess in my program.

Please show me a way to handle errors inside a constructor. A constructor does not return a value. It cannot return a NULL or FALSE to the parent program that the constructor encounters an error. Therefore, all the constructor can do is to show an error message. But it cannot…