Hi, I'm new at Win32 Programming and I'm trying to write my first program with a GUI. I have create the main window and some Buttons and Static controls. The problem is when I try to display an Icon from the resource in a Static. I looked at the MSDN Library for the functions I should use and I came up with this code (I created a new class for the window for ease): WinMain.Cpp Code: [COLOR=seagreen]//create the control[/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e8b57]//HWND hMain is defined in WinMain.h[/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e8b57]//HWND hImgClip is defined in WinMain.h[/COLOR] [SIZE=2]hImgClip = CreateWindow(L[/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#a31515][SIZE=2][COLOR=#a31515]"STATIC"[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2], TEXT([/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#a31515][SIZE=2][COLOR=#a31515]""[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2]), (SS_ICON | WS_VISIBLE | WS_CHILD | SS_BLACKFRAME | SS_REALSIZEIMAGE), 121, 60, 16, 16, hMain, NULL, (HINSTANCE)GetWindowLong(hMain, GWL_HINSTANCE), NULL);[/SIZE] [COLOR=seagreen]//send the SetImage message[/COLOR] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]if[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] (SendMessage(hImgClip, STM_SETIMAGE, IMAGE_ICON, (LPARAM)LoadIcon(hInst, MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDI_STATUS_INACTIVE [COLOR=seagreen]/* Resource ID: 404 */[/COLOR])))==0)[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]{[/SIZE] [SIZE=2] LPVOID lpMsgBuf;[/SIZE] [SIZE=2] FormatMessage((FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER | FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM | FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS), NULL, GetLastError(), MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT), (LPTSTR)&lpMsgBuf, 0, NULL);[/SIZE] [SIZE=2] MessageBox(NULL, (LPCTSTR)lpMsgBuf, TEXT([/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#a31515][SIZE=2][COLOR=#a31515]"Error"[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2]), MB_OK);[/SIZE] [SIZE=2] LocalFree(lpMsgBuf);[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]}[/SIZE] When I run the program I get an error message (Unable to find item). Can anybody help me?