Load Icon from dll in .NET

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Leon

Hi.

How to load an icon from a dll in .NET? I know using API ExtractIcon()
can
do this. Does .NET framework provide some classes for this purpose?


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Leon
 
First, thanks for you reply!

What you said is load icon from a .ico file.

What I want to do it load icon resource from a dll file, for example,
C:\Winnt\System32\Shell32.dll.
the dll is a standard Win32 DLL, How I can load the icon in the dll?

Best Regards
Leon
 
Leon said:
Hi.

How to load an icon from a dll in .NET? I know using API ExtractIcon()
can
do this. Does .NET framework provide some classes for this purpose?


Best Regards
Leon
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Yes.
First you need to add the icon file to the project and in
"Properties" Toolbar->"Build Action" property you need to set it as "Embedded Resource"
After that, in your code, you do the following:

Icon = new Icon(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceStream("youricon"));

where "youricon" is in following format: "projectname.youricon.ico".

I am using it frequently and it works fine for me.
Please let me know if you still need some help on that!

Good Luck,
Andrey
 
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