How to get and use the icon of exe-files (programs) in own applications -- dotnet framework

Josip Medved
5/31/2008 8:06:42 AM

Hi,

you may want to use interop here.

E.g. (works for executables)
--
System.IntPtr hLibrary = NativeMethods.LoadLibrary(fileName);
if (!hLibrary.Equals(System.IntPtr.Zero)) {
System.IntPtr hIcon = NativeMethods.LoadIcon(hLibrary, "#32512");
if (!hIcon.Equals(System.IntPtr.Zero)) {
Icon icon = System.Drawing.Icon.FromHandle(hIcon);
}
}
--

private static class NativeMethods {

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet =
CharSet.Unicode)]
static extern internal System.IntPtr LoadIcon(System.IntPtr hInstance,
string lpIconName);

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("kernel32.dll", CharSet =
CharSet.Unicode)]
static extern internal System.IntPtr LoadLibrary(string lpFileName);

}

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Josip Medved
5/31/2008 8:14:43 AM

BTW. Don't forget to do FreeLibrary like I just did. :)
Icon dispose would also be nice after you are done with it.

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Rolf Welskes
6/12/2008 1:17:26 AM

Hello,
thank you, but does not work,
debugging show, for example if i take as file name excel.exe,
Module is found, all, ok,
but:
System.IntPtr hIcon = NativeMethods.LoadIcon(hLibrary,
"#32512");

gives back zero.
So, it does not work.
Furthermore the problem seems to be "#32512" .
Think I want to build a tree like explorer and have all icons of all
applications, normal windows exe, exe from dotnet, exe from wpf
applications,
so as explorer get the icons.

Thank you for any help.

Rolf Welskes

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