SAMPLE: Code Demonstrates Keeping an Icon Fixed in Place

 Last reviewed: February 15, 1996
Article ID: Q84981
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows versions 3.1 and 3.0

Some applications are designed to place an icon at a fixed location on the screen where the icon must remain. One application of this type is the FIXDICON sample in the Microsoft Software Library. When the user minimizes the application, it draws an icon on the screen. If the user drags the icon with the mouse, the icon "snaps back" to its specified position. If the user chooses the Arrange Icons button in the Task Manager's Task List, the icon appears momentarily at a new position assigned by Windows. Then it returns to the position assigned by the application.

In the FIXDICON sample, the window procedure for the main window processes the WM_MOVE message. If the window is represented as an icon, the application calls the SetWindowPos function to position the icon at its specified position.

Download FIXDICON.EXE, a self-extracting file, from the Microsoft Software Library (MSL) on the following services:

  • Microsoft Download Service (MSDL) 

          Dial (206) 936-6735 to connect to MSDL
      Download FIXDICON.EXE (size: 23464 bytes)
  • Internet (anonymous FTP) 

          ftp ftp.microsoft.com
      Change to the \SOFTLIB\MSLFILES directory
      Get FIXDICON.EXE (size: 23464 bytes)

Additional reference words: 3.00 3.10 softlib FIXDICON.EXE
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KBSubcategory: GdiCurico

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Last reviewed: February 15, 1996
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