Thread: how to put small icon in dialog box title

Hello everyone,

I am trying to put an icon in a dialog box titlebar. The code I am using (unsuccessfully) is as follows:

case WM_INITDIALOG :
hIconSmall =(HICON)LoadImage(GetModuleHandle(NULL), MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDI_32), IMAGE_ICON,
16, 16, 0);
SendMessage(hDlg, WM_SETICON, ICON_SMALL, (LPARAM)hIconSmall) ;
return TRUE ;

This doesn't work. The LoadImage function returns a non-NULL value for hIconSm, but no icon appears in the titlebar. The .ico resource (IDI_32) is a 32x32 pixel icon resource. I did not show the lines, but hIconSmall is declared as a static HICON in the dialogproc.

Any ideas?

Mark Allyn

Hello CommonTater

I had already put WS_CAPTION in the resource template. I added WS_SYSMENU, recompiled, but that didn't work. It appears from an Ollydbg session that the SendMessage() call isn't working. LoadImage() is doing its job, however.

Regards,
Mark