How do I load a bitmap object from a BMP file in memory?

Let's say you have a BMP file loaded into memory with handle file and you want to make a bitmap object that can be drawn to the device hdc. This function will do that for you.

HBITMAP LoadBitmapFromMemory(HDC hdc, const char *file)
{
    HBITMAP ret;
    BITMAPINFO *info;
    BITMAPFILEHEADER *header;

    header = (BITMAPFILEHEADER*)file;
    if(header->bfType != 'MB')    // code for bmp
        return NULL;
    info = (BITMAPINFO*)(file+sizeof(BITMAPFILEHEADER));
    ret = CreateDIBitmap(hdc, &(info->bmiHeader), CBM_INIT, 
        file+header->bfOffBits, info, DIB_RGB_COLORS);
    return ret;
}