Adding a custom Icon

How od I add my own custom .ICO to the titlebar?

here is the code I use for that part...

Code:

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winclass.hIcon = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION);

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~Trooper

http://winprog.org/tutorial/resources.html

http://winprog.org/tutorial/

Have Fun!

so I would do

Code:

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#define IDI_MYICON ICON "myicon.ico"

winclass.hIcon = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_IDI_MYICON);

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??

I tried that and didn't work.



~Trooper

Use LoadIcon() if you're loading an icon resource. You should make an icon resource first.

If you're loading the icon from a .ico file, use the LoadImage() function:

Code:

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LoadImage( GetModuleHandle(0), "myicon.ico", IMAGE_ICON, 0, 0, LR_LOADFROMFILE);

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Easier IMO :

Code:

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//*.rc file
#include "rs.h" //header containing definition of IDI_MYICON
IDI_MYICON ICON "c:\\somepath\\myiconname.ico"

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And:

Code:

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//in .cpp
winclass.hIcon = LoadIcon(hinstance, MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDI_MYICON));

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You can also use a string to refer to an icon in your rc file (i think) but I have always used this...its basically the same for a cursor except you would use CURSOR where ICON is and fill in the corresponding line:

Code:

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winclass.hCursor                = LoadCursor(hinstance, MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDC_MYCURSOR));

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