Win32 API Icon Loading Error (VS2010)

[William Putnam]

I am trying to load an icon I created for my program. Relevant code is below:

//resource.h
#define IDR_MYMENU                      103
#define IDR_MYICON                        201
#define ID_HELP_NOTICE         40001
#define ID_HELP_ERROR                40002
#define ID_FILE_EXIT                    40003

//the .rc file
IDR_MYMENU MENU
BEGIN
    POPUP "&File"
    BEGIN
        MENUITEM "&Exit", ID_FILE_EXIT
    END

    POPUP "&Help"
    BEGIN
        MENUITEM "&Developer Notice", ID_HELP_NOTICE
        MENUITEM "&Error Codes", ID_HELP_ERROR
    END
END

IDI_MYICON ICON "myIcon.ico"

//the section of code in the WINAPI function where I'm defining my window (WNDCLASSEX wc;)
    wc.cbSize        = sizeof(WNDCLASSEX);
    wc.style         = 0;
    wc.lpfnWndProc   = WndProc;
    wc.cbClsExtra    = 0;
    wc.cbWndExtra    = 0;
    wc.hInstance     = hInstance;
    wc.hIcon         = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION);
    wc.hCursor       = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW);
    wc.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)(COLOR_WINDOW+1);
    wc.lpszClassName = g_szClassName;
    wc.lpszMenuName  = MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDR_MYMENU);
    //wc.hIcon  = LoadImage(GetModuleHandle(NULL), MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDR_MYICON));
    wc.hIconSm  = (HICON)LoadImage(GetModuleHandle(NULL), MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDR_MYICON), IMAGE_ICON, 16, 16, 0);

     if(!wc.hIconSm)
        MessageBox(NULL, L"Icon Registration Failed!", L"Error!",
            MB_ICONEXCLAMATION | MB_OK);

//creating the actual window
hwnd = CreateWindowEx(
        WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE,
        g_szClassName,
        L"Pandect - In Development",
        WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW | SB_LINEUP | SB_LINEDOWN | ES_MULTILINE |
        WS_HSCROLL | WS_VSCROLL,
        CW_USEDEFAULT, CW_USEDEFAULT, 1024, 768,
        NULL, NULL, hInstance, NULL);

For some reason, the icon fails to load. I ran a breakpoint at the line for the hIconSm and got this error for the variable:

CXX0030: Error: expression cannot be evaluated

The icon image is in the source folder and was compiled via ImageMagick. Google is not giving me any info regarding the error and the icon combined. Is there even a solution to this?

[oogabooga]

You call your icon IDI_MYICON
but try to reference it in the hIconSm line as IDR_MYICON

[William Putnam]

thank you for pointing that out. i didn't notice i defined it as an IDR everywhere but in the .rc file. it works now. thank you!