DrawIcon

This function draws an icon in the specified device context.

At a Glance

Header file: Winuser.h
Windows CE versions: 1.0 and later

Syntax

BOOL DrawIcon(HDC hDC, int X, int Y, HICON hIcon);

Parameters

hDC

[in] Handle to the device context for a window.

X

[in] Specifies the logical x-coordinate of the upper-left corner of the icon.

Y

[in] Specifies the logical y-coordinate of the upper-left corner of the icon.

hIcon

Handle to the icon to be drawn. The icon resource must have been previously loaded by using the LoadIcon or LoadImage functions.

Return Values

Nonzero indicates success. Zero indicates failure. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Remarks

The DrawIcon function is implemented as a macro, defined as DrawIconEx(hdc, x, y, hicon, 0, 0, 0, NULL, DI_NORMAL).

DrawIcon places the icon’s upper-left corner at the location specified by the X and Y parameters. The location is subject to the current mapping mode of the device context.

See Also

DrawIconEx, LoadIcon