Reading icon files and CreateIcon

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From: Robert Nee
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 1991 18:31

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I have been trying for some time to write a routine that
will read an icon (.ICO) file and use CreateIcon to make
an icon on the fly.  This routine is supposed to return
a handle to an icon.  I have the SDK docs and read all
about the file format of the .ICO file.  

My routine seems to read the file fine.  And inspection
with CV seems to indicate that I am reading the file
correctly.  The problem I feel is with my call to 
CreateIcon.  The call returns a handle to an icon but
the icon looks scrambled when displayed.

Has anyone been able to use the CreateIcon call with
success?  Has anyone been able to successfully read
.ico files and know of some pitfalls I should be aware
of?  

I would appreciate any help very much.  Thank You.

Robert F. Nee <nee&cf_su20.sbi.com>

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From: nee@cf_su20.Salomon.Com (Robert Nee)
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Subject: Reading icon files and CreateIcon
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Date: 23 Jan 91 18:31:00 GMT
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