Shell32ExtractIconEx Method

[DllImportAttribute("Shell32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
public static int ExtractIconEx(
	string file,
	int uconIndex,
	IntPtr[] hiconLarge,
	IntPtr[] hiconSmall,
	int iconsCount
)

<DllImportAttribute("Shell32.dll", CharSet := CharSet.Unicode>]
Public Shared Function ExtractIconEx ( 
	file As String,
	uconIndex As Integer,
	hiconLarge As IntPtr(),
	hiconSmall As IntPtr(),
	iconsCount As Integer
) As Integer

Dim file As String
Dim uconIndex As Integer
Dim hiconLarge As IntPtr()
Dim hiconSmall As IntPtr()
Dim iconsCount As Integer

Dim returnValue As Integer

returnValue = Shell32.ExtractIconEx(file, 
	uconIndex, hiconLarge, hiconSmall, 
	iconsCount)

public:
[DllImportAttribute(L"Shell32.dll", CharSet = CharSet::Unicode)]
static int ExtractIconEx(
	String^ file, 
	int uconIndex, 
	array<IntPtr>^ hiconLarge, 
	array<IntPtr>^ hiconSmall, 
	int iconsCount
)

[<DllImportAttribute("Shell32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)>]
static member ExtractIconEx : 
        file : string * 
        uconIndex : int * 
        hiconLarge : IntPtr[] * 
        hiconSmall : IntPtr[] * 
        iconsCount : int -> int 

No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.

Parameters

file  String

Pointer to a null-terminated string that specifies the name of an executable file, DLL, or icon file from which icons will be extracted.

uconIndex  Int32

Specifies the zero-based index of the first icon to extract.

For example, if this value is zero, the function extracts the first icon in the specified file.

If this value is –1 and hiconLarge and hiconSmall are both , the function returns the total number of icons in the specified file.

If the file is an executable file or DLL, the return value is the number of RT_GROUP_ICON resources.

If the file is an .ico file, the return value is 1.

hiconLarge  IntPtr

Pointer to an array of icon handles that receives handles to the large icons extracted from the file.

If this parameter is , no large icons are extracted from the file.

hiconSmall  IntPtr

Pointer to an array of icon handles that receives handles to the small icons extracted from the file.

If this parameter is , no small icons are extracted from the file.

iconsCount  Int32

The number of icons to extract from the file.

Return Value

Otherwise, the return value is the number of icons successfully extracted from the file.

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