DestroyIcon

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

BOOL DestroyIcon(
HICON hIcon); 

Parameters

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

Return Values

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

Remarks

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

Requirements

Runs on Versions Defined in Include Link to
Windows CE OS 1.0 and later Winuser.h   Icon.lib

Note   This API is part of the complete Windows CE OS package as provided by Microsoft. The functionality of a particular platform is determined by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and some devices may not support this API.

See Also

CreateIconIndirect, ExtractIconEx, GetLastError, LoadIcon, LoadImage

 Last updated on Tuesday, July 13, 2004

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