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Re: Loading a 16x16 icon from resource

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From: Bob Gonder
Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 20:38
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"Thorsten Kettner" <QUESTIONBYthorsten.kettner@otto.de> wrote:

>I am not able to load my 16x16 icon from my res file. I always
>get them as 32x32. Here is my code:
>
>  HICON hIcon = LoadImage(HInstance, MAKEINTRESOURCE(ID_SMALLICON), IMAGE_ICON, 16, 16, LR_DEFAULTCOLOR);
>
>I have tried zeros instead of 16 and tried also other flags, but
>nothing helps.

Yes, the description for the LR_DEFAULTSIZE is self contradictory.
Don't know _the_ answer, but you could probably work around this by
getting the actual size that MS loaded, create a new DC with 16x16 and
stretch (shrink) the icon back.  Course, you could also get around it
by using BMPs instead of ICONs.
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