SAMPLE: Code Demonstrates Keeping an Icon Fixed in Place

ID: Q84981

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows versions 3.1 and 3.0

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 "snaps back" 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 file is available for download from the Microsoft Software Library:

 ~ FIXDICON.EXE (size: 23464 bytes)

For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q119591
   TITLE     : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from
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Additional query words: softlib FIXDICON.EXE kbfile

Keywords          : kbsample kb16bitonly kbWinOS310 kbWinOS300 
Version           : 3.00 3.10
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: December 4, 1998