If i understand this correctly, you will want to use the below

LOCAL MODE
DIM rect.8
LOCAL FN DrawSomeIcon
         CALL SETRECT(rect, 50,50,178,178)
         myIconH& = FN GETICON (id%)
         CALL PLOTICON(rect,myIconH)
END Fn

In a message dated 11/26/99 6:23:39 PM, charlied@... writes:

>Fellow FBers,
>
>If I have an icon bitmap in memory how do I display it in a rect on 
>the screen? Is it a copybits call? If so, what are the bitmap 
>parameters? Do I have to (somehow) put it into a GWorld first? If so, 
>how? Does it go nicely into an edit field? How?
>
>Any info will be greatly appreciated.