How to convert HICON to HBITMAP in VC++?

Question

How to convert HICON to HBITMAP in VC++?

I know this is an FAQ but all the solutions I\'ve found on Google don\'t work. What I need is a function which takes a param

Answer 1

this code do it:

HICON hIcon = (HICON)LoadImage(instance, MAKEINTRESOURCEW(IDI_ICON), IMAGE_ICON, width, height, 0);
ICONINFO iconinfo;
GetIconInfo(hIcon, &iconinfo);
HBITMAP hBitmap = iconinfo.hbmColor;

and this is the code in the *.rc file:

IDI_ICON ICON "example.ico"

and this is the code in the *.h file:

#define IDI_ICON 4000