Extract Icon
Code:
'This project needs a PictureBox, called 'Picture1'
'In general section
Private Declare Function DrawIcon Lib "user32" _
(ByVal hdc As Long, ByVal x As Long, ByVal y As Long, ByVal hIcon As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function ExtractIcon Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ExtractIconA" _
(ByVal hInst As Long, ByVal lpszExeFileName As String, ByVal nIconIndex As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetWindowsDirectory Lib "kernel32" Alias _
"GetWindowsDirectoryA" (ByVal lpBuffer As String, ByVal nSize As Long) As Long
Private Sub Form_Load()
Dim Path As String, strSave As String
'Create a buffer string
strSave = String(200, Chr$(0))
'Get the windows directory and append '\REGEdit.exe' to it
Path = Left$(strSave, GetWindowsDirectory(strSave, Len(strSave))) + "\REGEdit.exe"
'No pictures
Picture1.Picture = LoadPicture()
'Set graphicmode to 'persistent
Picture1.AutoRedraw = True
'Extract the icon from REGEdit
return1& = ExtractIcon(Me.hWnd, Path, 2)
'Draw the icon on the form
return2& = DrawIcon(Picture1.hdc, 0, 0, return1&)
End Sub