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AppWindow.SetIcon Method

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Definition

Namespace:
Microsoft.UI.Windowing

Overloads

SetIcon(String)

Sets the icon for the window, using the specified icon path.
SetIcon(IconId)

Sets the icon for the window, using the specified icon ID.

SetIcon(String)

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Sets the icon for the window, using the specified icon path.

public:
 virtual void SetIcon(Platform::String ^ iconPath) = SetIcon;
/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.DefaultOverload]
/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.Overload("SetIcon")]
void SetIcon(winrt::hstring const& iconPath);
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.DefaultOverload]
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.Overload("SetIcon")]
public void SetIcon(string iconPath);
function setIcon(iconPath)
Public Sub SetIcon (iconPath As String)

Parameters

iconPath
String

Platform::String

winrt::hstring

The path of the icon.

Attributes
DefaultOverloadAttribute OverloadAttribute

Examples

m_AppWindow.SetIcon("iconPath/iconName.ico");

Remarks

The SetIcon(String) method works only with .ico files. The string you pass to this method is the fully qualified path to the .ico file.

See also

Applies to

SetIcon(IconId)

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Sets the icon for the window, using the specified icon ID.

public:
 virtual void SetIcon(IconId iconId) = SetIcon;
/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.Overload("SetIconWithIconId")]
void SetIcon(IconId const& iconId);
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.Overload("SetIconWithIconId")]
public void SetIcon(IconId iconId);
function setIcon(iconId)
Public Sub SetIcon (iconId As IconId)

Parameters

iconId
IconId

The ID of the icon.

Attributes
OverloadAttribute

Examples

m_AppWindow.SetIcon(iconId));

Remarks

If you already have a handle to an icon (HICON) from one of the Icon functions like CreateIcon, you can use the GetIconIdFromIcon interop API to get an IconId. You can then pass the IconId to the SetIcon(IconId) method to set your window icon.

Applies to