Win32 Windows Programming IX

Use of resources

1 Resource Files

Icon cursor String menu Accelerator Key dialog Resource bitmap and so on

Resource script file-the extension RC file defines information such as resources and related files

Resource Compiler-RC.exe

2 Icons Resource icon

2.1 Typical sizes: 16x16, 32x32, 48x48

2.2 Use

hicon LoadIcon (  hinstance  hinstance//Handle to application instance LPCTSTR   lpiconname   //name string or resource identifier);

2.3 System-Provided icons

HInstance is empty, wife Iconname for the defined system icon

2.4 Draw your own icon

HINSTANCE the application instance handle where the icon is located

2.5 An icon file can contain a variety of different size and color icons, when the system uses icons, by size to match

3 Cursor Resources

3.1 Cursor Resources

Hotspot hotspot-16x16 can produce the position of mouse click

3.2 Use

Hcursor LoadCursor (

HINSTANCE HInstance,

LPCTSTR lpcursorname)

3.3 System cursor

HINSTANCE is a null lpcursorname specified as the system cursor ID

3.4 Self-drawn cursors

HINSTANCE is not empty

3.5 wm_setcursor

When the mouse is inside the window, it will create a style that can modify the mouse during program execution.

WParam-Window Handle

Identification of the location of the LoWord (LParam)

HiWord (LParam) the message ID of the mouse