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Q84981: Code Demonstrates Keeping an Icon Fixed in Place

Article: Q84981
Product(s): Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit
Version(s): 3.0,3.1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbfile kbsample kb16bitonly kbOSWin310 kbOSWin300
Last Modified: 23-JUL-2001

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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
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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 Download Center. 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
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The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download
Center:

  Fixdicon.exe

For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click
the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

Microsoft used the most current virus detection software available on the date of
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Additional query words: softlib FIXDICON.EXE kbfile

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Keywords          : kbfile kbsample kb16bitonly kbOSWin310 kbOSWin300 
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbWin3xSearch kbSDKSearch kbWinSDKSearch kbWinSDK300 kbWinSDK310
Version           : :3.0,3.1

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