How to place your ICON on the top window

I'm new to this board, and also to C++. I use DEV-C++ app.

I'm also a wonderful website designer/hoster....but now find myself wanting to learn how to program my own programs,
so that i can support myself better (financially).

Anyway, I need to know how to insert the code for placing a icon on the windows I create...in the upper left hand side, as most other programs do?

Here, (I assume) is where it's placed: (in the file called:main.cpp)

Code:

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/* Use default icon and mouse-pointer */

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Code:

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hIcon = LoadIcon (NULL, IDI_APPLICATION);

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can someone please help me out? I want to place a ICO file called: kit.ico

or the code version ;)...I found people arn't nearly as likly to look @ it if they have to download it heh.

Code:

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#include <windows.h>


/*  Declare Windows procedure  */
LRESULT CALLBACK WindowProcedure (HWND, UINT, WPARAM, LPARAM);

/*  Make the class name into a global variable  */
char szClassName[ ] = "WindowsApp";


int WINAPI
WinMain (HINSTANCE hThisInstance,
        HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
        LPSTR lpszArgument,
        int nFunsterStil)

{
    HWND hwnd;              /* This is the handle for our window */
    MSG messages;            /* Here messages to the application are saved */
    WNDCLASSEX wincl;        /* Data structure for the windowclass */

    /* The Window structure */
    wincl.hInstance = hThisInstance;
    wincl.lpszClassName = szClassName;
    wincl.lpfnWndProc = WindowProcedure;      /* This function is called by windows */
    wincl.style = CS_DBLCLKS;                /* Catch double-clicks */
    wincl.cbSize = sizeof (WNDCLASSEX);

    /* Use default icon and mouse-pointer */
    wincl.hIcon = LoadIcon (NULL, IDI_APPLICATION);
    wincl.hIconSm = LoadIcon (NULL, IDI_APPLICATION);
    wincl.hCursor = LoadCursor (NULL, IDC_ARROW);
    wincl.lpszMenuName = NULL;                /* No menu */
    wincl.cbClsExtra = 0;                      /* No extra bytes after the window class */
    wincl.cbWndExtra = 0;                      /* structure or the window instance */
    /* Use Windows's default color as the background of the window */
    wincl.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH) COLOR_BACKGROUND;

    /* Register the window class, and if it fails quit the program */
    if (!RegisterClassEx (&wincl))
        return 0;

    /* The class is registered, let's create the program*/
    hwnd = CreateWindowEx (
          0,                  /* Extended possibilites for variation */
          szClassName,        /* Classname */
          "KompuKit-beta",      /* Title Text */
          WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW, /* default window */
          CW_USEDEFAULT,      /* Windows decides the position */
          CW_USEDEFAULT,      /* where the window ends up on the screen */
          780,                /* The programs width */
          580,                /* and height in pixels */
          HWND_DESKTOP,        /* The window is a child-window to desktop */
          NULL,                /* No menu */
          hThisInstance,      /* Program Instance handler */
          NULL                /* No Window Creation data */
          );

    /* Make the window visible on the screen */
    ShowWindow (hwnd, nFunsterStil);

    /* Run the message loop. It will run until GetMessage() returns 0 */
    while (GetMessage (&messages, NULL, 0, 0))
    {
        /* Translate virtual-key messages into character messages */
        TranslateMessage(&messages);
        /* Send message to WindowProcedure */
        DispatchMessage(&messages);
    }

    /* The program return-value is 0 - The value that PostQuitMessage() gave */
    return messages.wParam;
}


/*  This function is called by the Windows function DispatchMessage()  */

LRESULT CALLBACK
WindowProcedure (HWND hwnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
    switch (message)                  /* handle the messages */
    {
        case WM_DESTROY:
            PostQuitMessage (0);      /* send a WM_QUIT to the message queue */
            break;
        default:                      /* for messages that we don't deal with */
            return DefWindowProc (hwnd, message, wParam, lParam);
    }

    return 0;
}

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this has the stench of a windows question to me...

Depends to some extent on your compiler. Look up the documentation at msdn on LoadImage() and LoadIcon(). Then consult your compilers helpfiles to learn how to use your resource compiler.

You know how, when one of your apps' windows comes up...
(to do whatever)...well, at the top of the window on the left, next to the programs name (title)...there's a icon usually...
sometimes it's the authors logo or the programs' logo...

well, I need to know how to place that on my windows...using the code in main.cpp (I supplied) or step-by-step HOW-to

I can't seem to find how to do this...I hate the default icon there...yuk.