Icons

An icon is a picture that consists of a bitmap image combined with a mask to create transparent areas in the picture. The term icon can refer to either of the following:

• A single icon image. This is a resource of type RT_ICON.
• A group of images, from which the system or an application can choose the most appropriate icon based on size and color depth. This is a resource of type RT_GROUP_ICON.

This overview describes creating, displaying, destroying, and duplicating icons.