Visual C++ :: Display Array Of Bytes Without Converting To HBITMAP?

I followed a tutorial to load a bitmap from file and convert it to a array of bytes to access it directly. Now to display the bitmap on screen do I have to convert it to a HBITMAP or can I display it from the array of bytes?

Also the program I am building is a calendar program and I need to know if I can manipulate the bitmaps pixels in the byte array (e.g change color and resize image)

here is the code to load the bitmap

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BYTE* Sprite2::LoadBMP(int* width, int* height, long* size, LPCTSTR bmpfile ) {
BITMAPFILEHEADER bmpheader;
BITMAPINFOHEADER bmpinfo;
DWORD bytesread;
HANDLE file = CreateFile(bmpfile,GENERIC_READ, FILE_SHARE_READ,
0, OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_FLAG_SEQUENTIAL_SCAN, 0);

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