Microsoft KB Archive/84981

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Code Demonstrates Keeping an Icon Fixed in Place

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Q84981

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) versions 3.0, 3.1

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SUMMARY
Some applications are designed to place an icon at a fixed location on the screen where the icon must remain. One application of this type is the FIXDICON sample in the Microsoft Software Library. When the user minimizes the application, it draws an icon on the screen. If the user drags the icon with the mouse, the icon &quot;snaps back&quot; to its specified position. If the user chooses the Arrange Icons button in the Task Manager's Task List, the icon appears momentarily at a new position assigned by Windows. Then it returns to the position assigned by the application.

In the FIXDICON sample, the window procedure for the main window processes the WM_MOVE message. If the window is represented as an icon, the application calls the SetWindowPos function to position the icon at its specified position.

MORE INFORMATION
The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Fixdicon.exe

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Additional query words: softlib FIXDICON.EXE kbfile

Keywords : kbfile kbsample kb16bitonly kbOSWin310 kbOSWin300

Issue type :

Technology : kbAudDeveloper kbWin3xSearch kbSDKSearch kbWinSDKSearch kbWinSDK300 kbWinSDK310