In the WIN32 SDK help files, there is a description of the function
ExtractIcon. With this, I should be able to get a handle to the
application's icon, directly from the executable file. Either I don't
understand it's use, or the function doesn't work. Can somebody help me?

Patrick Rotsaert

Try this:

HICON icon = ExtractIcon(HInstance, "c:\\someapp.exe", 0);

Gambit

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Hi Patrick,

Here's a simple example...

    Image1->Picture->Icon->Handle =
        ExtractIcon(HInstance, "notepad.exe", 0);    

Good luck!

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#include <shellapi.h>

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That's it, I forgot the double '\' ... shame on me !
Thanks

Which is why you should not use the backslash at all. This works just fine and
you don't have extra typing or remembering to do:

HICON icon = ExtractIcon(HInstance, "c:/someapp.exe", 0);

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