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DestroyIcon (Compact 2013)

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3/28/2014

This function destroys an icon and frees any memory the icon occupied.

Syntax

BOOL DestroyIcon(
  HICON hIcon
);

Parameters

  • hIcon
    [in] Handle to the icon to be destroyed. The icon must not be in use.

Return Value

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

Remarks

This function may be called on the icon handle returned from CreateIconIndirect, ExtractIconEx, LoadImage or LoadIcon. The icon handle is invalid after calling DestroyIcon.

Requirements

Header

winuser.h

Library

Icon.lib

See Also

Reference

Resources Functions
CreateIconIndirect
ExtractIconEx
LoadIcon
LoadImage