Re: default icons not being replaced

From:

"David Ching" <dc@remove-this.dcsoft.com>

Newsgroups:

microsoft.public.vc.mfc

Date:

Sun, 27 May 2007 03:17:10 GMT

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"Mkennedy1102" <Mkennedy1102@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:47D23150-CA6D-457C-BB4D-A8C1B479FAA2@microsoft.com...

I have drawn new icons for my app, using the VS (VC++ 6) resource editor,
large and small versions, and yet when I execute the program my title bar
has
the default "little window" icon and my taskbar icon is the mfc squares
default icon. I used the appwizard to create the program, selecting SDI
without document/view architechure, thick frame, minimize button and
maximize
button. I have included the following code to attempt to get my icons:

HICON m_hIcon = ::LoadIcon(NULL, MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDR_MAINFRAME));
SetIcon(m_hIcon, FALSE);

It compiles fine but the icons dont change. can anyone tell me whats up?
I
have created several skeletons varying these options, and I only get this
issue with apps created without the doc/view architecture.

Here are some things to try:

1. The first parameter to LoadIcon should be AfxGetResourceHandle().

2. Did you assign IDR_MAINFRAME to your new icon? That's the one you are
loading.

3. LoadIcon does not explicitly load the small (16x16 pixel) icon. Instead
it loads the large one (32x32 pixels) and shrinks it. To load the explicit
small one, replace LoadIcon with LoadImage and specify 16 for desired width
and height.

-- David