DrawIcon function (winuser.h)

Draws an icon or cursor into the specified device context.

To specify additional drawing options, use the DrawIconEx function.

Syntax

BOOL DrawIcon(
  [in] HDC   hDC,
  [in] int   X,
  [in] int   Y,
  [in] HICON hIcon
);

Parameters

[in] hDC

Type: HDC

A handle to the device context into which the icon or cursor will be drawn.

[in] X

Type: int

The logical x-coordinate of the upper-left corner of the icon.

[in] Y

Type: int

The logical y-coordinate of the upper-left corner of the icon.

[in] hIcon

Type: HICON

A handle to the icon to be drawn.

Return value

Type: BOOL

If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.

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

Remarks

DrawIcon places the icon's upper-left corner at the location specified by the X and Y parameters. The location is subject to the current mapping mode of the device context.

DrawIcon draws the icon or cursor using the width and height specified by the system metric values for icons; for more information, see GetSystemMetrics.

The DrawIcon function calls DrawIconEx passing DI_NORMAL|DI_DEFAULTSIZE as flags.

Examples

For an example, see Displaying an Icon.

Requirements

See also

Conceptual

CreateIcon

DrawIconEx

Icons

LoadIcon

Reference