Is there a simple way to get the associated icon to a type of file. I mean suppose that i want to get the icon used for PDF files but i do not have a pdf file how can I get the typical icon associated to each file type?
View 2 RepliesI have problem to associate an Icon to the specific extention like *.nst which is my application's file.
I can associate icon by writing some registry entries where I have given the path of the icon file. but I don't want to do like this I actually want to embed the icon file into the EXE file and then set the ICON.
I have embeded the icons into EXE by doing some stuff but when I have given the icon index that icon is not associated with the file only first ICON is associated.
I know how to add a resource to my project and I also know how to add an icon to my application. What I could not figure out is how to embed another icon for custom file types - I do know what registry entries to add / modify though, I am just not able to add a 2nd icon as resource to my profile and make it 'accessible', so, that the Windows System can display it for files with my custom extension.
View 15 Repliesi have 8 new custom file types which go with my app, i can set them to open with me app easily using this code on a button:[code]But im a little stuck on what to change in that, ive made certain all my new extensions are unique and i have all my icons for each new file type made, i just need to be able to set them.
View 5 RepliesDim Button As ToolStripButton = New ToolStripButton
Button.image = Icon.ExtractAssociatedIcon(exefile)
I try that code, and it just throws me the error that type Icon cannot be converted to Image. So how do i get around this? And does "ExtractAssociatedIcon(exefile)" work on exe files? Admittedly i don't really know what im doing
Dim Button As ToolStripButton = New ToolStripButtonButton.image = Icon.ExtractAssociatedIcon(exefile)I try that code, and it just throws me the error that type Icon cannot be converted to Image.So how do i get around this? And does "ExtractAssociatedIcon(exefile)" work on exe files?
View 3 RepliesI'm attempting to remake the Explorer to customize it some more. I know how to get Name, FileSize ect. Getting the Icon is hard though.
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The code i'm using to Insert the Icon into a image, i'm getting this error: Error1Value of type 'System. Drawing.Icon' cannot be converted to 'System.Drawing.Image'
I am writing an application that will cache all my files and then let me display files that I would like to display. I am wanting to extract the icons from each file as I cache them.My question is this: How can I detect if the icon from one file is the same as another icon and therefore prevent me from extracting it twice?
View 8 RepliesI was testing article [URL] to see if I could use this to populate a listview2 with the icons from Directory.GetFiles(apath) and getDirectories. If you go into c:windowssystem32 the program will hang for about 4 mins then if you go back to windows then back to system32 you will get the error.
win32 handle that was passed to icon is not valid or is the wrong type.
I want to have an icon / image of a folder on my form and I want it to operate just the same as a desktop shortcut to a directory does. If clicked, it opens directory, if file / folder is dropped onto it it sends those to the specified directory.I am however going to need to use something like this:[code]
View 8 RepliesI currently have the following code but I would like to get away from going to a physical location. If I have the icon as a resource, how can I programatically add the icon? I don't want to use the form's designer to do this.
Sub Form1_Load()
Dim ico As New System.Drawing.Icon("C:Resourcesicon.ico")
Me.Icon = ico
End Sub
My application icon looks ugly-like a paper and i would like to change it to something like globe icon or any suitable image.Am programming using visual studio 2005 and the program is written in vb.net.
View 1 RepliesI'm not sure exactly if the folder icon is in shell32.dll, but nonetheless if it is.Basically, whenever I come across a folder in a FileSystem list, I want to add the icon for a folder to the image list that I am using for the ListView. The problem is that I'm not sure how to reference a specific icon location in a icon collection in a dll.Is this possible with Icon.ExtractAssociatedIcon and shell32.dll?
View 14 Replieshow to get the icon of an exe file. For example if I have a button on a form which starts NotePad when it is clicked. It would be nice to enhance the buttons apperance with the Notepad icon.
View 9 RepliesGot an annoying issue it's Visual Basic 2010 I changed icon where the assembly name.I got a good icon it has lots of sizes, or I tried diff sizes like 64x64 128x128 nothing seems to work I only see the icon when i do View > Details so it's small icons in the folder, but if i have view large icons It doesn't work. I even used the same icon on VS 2008 and it worked.
View 1 RepliesHere's the code that I use to extract the icon size that I want:
Dim i As Icon = My.Resources.Spectrum
Using i2 As New Icon(i, New Size(256, 256))
Me.PictureBox1.Image = i2.ToBitmap
End Using
This works from 16x16 up to 128x128 but for 256x256 it extracts the 128x128 icon. I tried 0x0, because I seem to remember that that is how the large size is stored in the meta data, but that didn't work either.
i'm getting this really strange error, or I must be overlooking something obvious. I'm using the following piece of code:Dim hwnd As Integer = GetWindow(GetDesktopWindow, GW_ CHILD) Dim myicon.As System.Drawing.Icon =Icon.FromHandle(hwnd)PictureBox1.Image =myicon.ToBitmap
View 1 RepliesI have a custom file format I save in binary data. When I view it, I get the default windows icon because it has no program to associate it with. How do I assign an icon to a file? Or, how to I tell windows what the default icon for my format is?
View 1 RepliesIs there any way to change the icon on a .exe file ?
View 1 RepliesI'm making a explorer like app to browse files stored on my computer. My app will be in "Icon" view. The question is: How to display the icon of an exe file?
View 1 RepliesI use vb 2008 express. How do I put a custom icon for the exe file of the program I made? Is there a vb technique to do so ?
View 2 RepliesIs there a "correct" way to put a icon on the .exe file?
View 4 RepliesI want to save the fav icon in the each page i have navigated to. because i have a bookmark field where each bookmark is a .url file. and i want the icon to be the fav icon of the page it has saved. ( if i got one saying "Dreamincode" with "www.dreamincode.com" inside it then i want to save the icon of www.dreamincode.com )the name sould be the url. So i can use "if file.exist" becuase otherwise it will add a new icon for each image of items the site contains.
View 14 RepliesHow come I don't have icon on my app .exe file.In VS 2010, in project properties under icon I have selected icon i want and under application files this .ico is included.
View 12 RepliesIs that Possible to add icon or pic to exe file of my project after build the exe?
View 4 Repliesi have developed a program on Visual Studio.Net 2005, also i have deployed the program and got a shortcut icon on desktop which is fine but when i go to C:\program files\[MyProject]\MyProject.exe, the ,exe file has the default icon, i want to change that default icon to the custom icon. How can i perform this task?
View 6 RepliesOk guys, i am working on a really cool mini vb devoloper, but i want to be able to let the user change the icon of their program like in vb, is there a code were when a user clicks a button it opens up a file dialog and lets them select the icon and then sets it to the program destiniation file example : "C:/Test/Test2.exe"?
View 13 RepliesI am using Visual Basic 2010 Express. I want to put an icon my Application to make it look better instead of the regular [IMG]C:Documents and SettingsJake EhrmanDesktoppost 1[/IMG]
I have the picture saved as an .ICO so i can insert it but i want it like this... [IMG]C:Documents and SettingsJake EhrmanDesktoppost 2[/IMG] how would i go about changing the icon for the project file?
before in VB6 quite simple, so i try learn .net version. so I write this code
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I am working on a vb6 to vb.net migration project using VS 3.5. In my application, there is .resx file and some icons are there in this file (eg: icoIN,icoUS etc). On click of a checked listbox (which is filled with country names), the particular country flag should be displayed on a picture box control. The image of country flag is taken from the .resx file.I tried with the following code.[code]
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