WM_GETICON
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4/8/2010
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 |
| Windows Embedded CE | Windows CE 1.0 and later |
| Windows Mobile | Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later |