CStatusBarCtrl::SetIcon() problem with icon size

[Baris Kurtlutepe]

Hi everybody, I'm trying to show an icon in one of the status bar's panes. The status bar is the CStatusBarCtrl and the problem is that I can only show 32x32 icons in the pane. When I load a 16x16 icon and call SetIcon() the icon on the statusbar becomes stretched to 32x32 in size, thus loses visibility of the most parts because the statusbar itself is about 18 or 19 pixels high. The workaround I've found is to create a 32x32 icon and place my 16x16 icon in the middle of that space and everything's fine. What am I doing wrong? Or is it that the 32x32 icons are the only ones one can display in a status bar pane? Any help would be greatly appreciated... P.S: The icons that I'm using are for the WindowsXP platform and thus 32bit icons, 24 bit colour and 8 bit transparency, maybe that's a problem?

[Michael Dunn]

When a 16x16 gets stretched to 32x32 it's usually caused by calling LoadIcon() instead of LoadImage(), or using incorrect size parameters in LoadImage(). --Mike-- "So where does that leave us? Well, it leaves us right back where we started, only more confused than before." -- Matt Gullett Ericahist | Homepage | RightClick-Encrypt | 1ClickPicGrabber

[Baris Kurtlutepe]

LoadImage() worked, thank you very much. I thought I tried LoadImage() without success before, but then I must have given incorrect parameters to it. And I didn't know that LoadIcon() stretches the bitmap to system metrics, thanks again.