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Function name : GetIconInfo

Group: Icon - Library: user32

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The GetIconInfo function retrieves information about the specified icon or cursor.

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Code examples:

How to view icons stored in executable files (Icon Viewer) - II
Retrieving information about the specified icon
Converting image file to .ICO file

Declaration:

BOOL GetIconInfo(
  HICON hIcon,          // icon handle
  PICONINFO piconinfo   // icon structure
);  

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FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER GetIconInfo IN user32;
	INTEGER   hIcon,;
	STRING  @ piconinfo  

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Parameters:

hIcon [in] Handle to the icon or cursor.

piconinfo [out] Pointer to an ICONINFO structure. The function fills in the structure"s members.

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Return value:

If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero and the function fills in the members of the specified ICONINFO structure. If the function fails, the return value is zero.

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Comments:

See also: ExtractIcon, SHGetStockIconInfo.

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