How do you load an image in wxWidgets

[HenryJ]

Hello readers, I am learning how to load an image, here is the code:

// Load an image
	wxImage image(wxT("image.bmp"), wxBITMAP_TYPE_PNG);
	// Convert it to a bitmap
	wxBitmap bitmap(image);

it compiles perfectly but when I run it it comes up with:

../../src/msw/cpp(802): assert "image.Ok()" failed in 
CreateFromImage(): invalid image
Do you want to stop this program? You can also choose [Cancel] to suppress further warnings

I clicked cancel and it came up with this:

No image handler for type15 defined

I have also tried JPEG images and PNG images but it came up with the same thing.
Please can someone help?

[Disch]

iirc you have to call wxInitAllImageHandlers at the start of your program.

http://docs.wxwidgets.org/2.8/wx_appinifunctions.html#wxinitallimagehandlers