CreateIconIndirect

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Windows NT
Yes
Win95
Yes
Win32s
No
Import Library
user32.lib
Header File
winuser.h
Unicode
No
Platform Notes
None

The CreateIconIndirect function creates an icon or cursor from an ICONINFO structure.

HICON CreateIconIndirect(

PICONINFO piconinfo	// pointer to icon information structure
);

Parameters
piconinfo

Points to an ICONINFO structure the function uses to create the icon or cursor.

Return Values
If the function succeeds, the return value is the handle to the icon or cursor that is created.

If the function fails, the return value is NULL. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Remarks
The system copies the bitmaps in the ICONINFO structure before creating the icon or cursor. The application must continue to manage the original bitmaps and delete them when they are no longer necessary.

When you are finished using the icon, destroy it using the DestroyIcon function.