Retrieving a Handle to an Icon

[Mephisto]

How would you get a handle to an icon so you can use it in the SendMessage() function set an icon on a console application?

[Spht]

How would you get a handle to an icon so you can use it in the SendMessage() function set an icon on a console application?

See WM_GETICON.

[Mephisto]

That's for getting an icon from the window associated with it isn't it?  I need a method for getting a handle to an icon via the file name if this is possible.

[l)ragon]

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HICON hIcon = ExtractIcon((HINSTANCE)GetModuleHandle(NULL),(char*)"filepath\icofile.ico",0);

Would this be what you want?

[Mephisto]

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HICON hIcon = ExtractIcon((HINSTANCE)GetModuleHandle(NULL),(char*)"filepath\icofile.ico",0);

Would this be what you want?

I already tried using that function earlier.  It needs to be the same type as the SetMessage function; typecasting doesn't seem to work.  Lookup WM_SETICON, and maybe you can tell me from looking at the required arguments.

[Eibro]

Use LoadIcon if the icon is compiled into your executable.