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...Extract Icons from a File?
Autor: Thomas Stutz
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uses
  
shellApi;

{...}

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
const
  
ExtrFileName = 'C:\WINNT\system32\moricons.dll';
var
  
icon: TIcon;
  NumberOfIcons, i: Integer;
begin
  
icon := TIcon.Create;
  try
    
// Get the number of Icons
    
NumberOfIcons := ExtractIcon(Handle, PChar(ExtrFileName), UINT(-1));
    ShowMessage(Format('%d Icons', [NumberOfIcons]));
    // Extract the first 5 icons
    
for i := 1 to do
    begin
      
// Extract an icon
      
icon.Handle := ExtractIcon(Handle, PChar(ExtrFileName), i);
      // Draw the icon on your form
      
DrawIcon(Form1.Canvas.Handle, 10, i * 40, icon.Handle);
    end;
  finally
    
icon.Free;
  end;
end;


// Note: If you are not using Delphi 4 you can remove the UINT.




 

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