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WM_GETICON (Compact 2013)

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3/28/2014

This message is sent to a window to retrieve the handle of the big or small icon associated with a window.

Syntax

WM_GETICON 
    fType = (BOOL)wParam;

Parameters

  • fType
    Specifies the type of icon being retrieved. The following table shows the possible values. This parameter can be one of these values.

    Value

    Description

    ICON_BIG

    Retrieves the large icon for the window.

    ICON_SMALL

    Retrieves the small icon for the window.

Return Value

The return value is a handle to the large or small icon, depending on the value of fType. When an application receives this message, it can return a handle to a large or small icon, or pass the message to DefWindowProc.

The default action is that DefWindowProc returns a handle to the large or small icon associated with the window, depending on the value of fType.

Remarks

Icons are stored per window class, not per window.

Requirements

Header

winuser.h

See Also

Reference

Mouse Messages
DefWindowProc
WM_SETICON