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...get the associated icon of a file shortcut (2)?
Autor: Pascal Enz
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uses
  
ShellApi;

function GetAssociatedIcon(const AExtension: string; ASmall: Boolean): HIcon;
var
  
Info: TSHFileInfo;
  Flags: Cardinal;
begin
  if 
ASmall then
    
Flags := SHGFI_ICON or SHGFI_SMALLICON or SHGFI_USEFILEATTRIBUTES
  else
    
Flags := SHGFI_ICON or SHGFI_LARGEICON or SHGFI_USEFILEATTRIBUTES;

  SHGetFileInfo(PChar(AExtension), FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, Info, SizeOf(TSHFileInfo), Flags);
  Result := Info.hIcon;
end;

procedure TForm1.Button1.Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
  
Icon.Handle := GetAssociatedIcon('.html', True);
end;

 

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