DestroyIcon

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Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3

4/8/2010

This function destroys an icon and frees any memory the icon occupied.

Syntax

BOOL DestroyIcon(
  HICON hIcon
);

Parameters

  • hIcon
    [in] Handle to the icon to be destroyed. The icon must not be in use.

Return Value

Nonzero indicates success. Zero indicates failure. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Remarks

This function may be called on the icon handle returned from CreateIconIndirect, ExtractIconEx, LoadImage or LoadIcon. The icon handle is invalid after calling DestroyIcon.

Requirements

Header winuser.h
Library Icon.lib
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE 1.0 and later
Windows Mobile Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later

See Also

Reference

CreateIconIndirect
ExtractIconEx
LoadIcon
LoadImage