c++ picture import help

hi i'm a programming newbie and i need sum help on importing pictures, i read many books and articles of how to open and read files but they never seem to work, can sum1 tell me how to do it cuz i need it for a school assignment that i'm doing, i'm using borland c++ as my compiler rite now but i can always change it to visual, any kind of help would be appreciate, thx a lot

are you doing this in win32? if so, here is a great link: http://www.fortunecity.com/rivendel...orgers.htm#2.5.
that's how i learned. i also have some project source code if
that's not enuf.

dun really understand... but thx anyways

what i'm trying to do is get the program to open a picture (jpeg, bitmap, doesn't really matter) when something becomes true

like this:


if (count == 1)
{
*Opens picture*
}



but then the thing is i dunno what to put in there