Get System Icon for any file/folder

[Ashutosh Bhawasinka]

Hi,
How can I retrieve the system icon associated with a file/folder so that
I can show it in the list view adjacent to the file/folder name?

Regards,
Ashutosh Bhawasinka

 

[Wen Yuan Wang [MSFT]]

Hello Ashutosh,

According to your description, you want to get the file/folder icon in your
..net application, correct? If I misunderstood anything here, please don't
hesitate to correct me.

If this is the case, you may refer to the following article. This document
has detailed sample code about how to get and display file/folder icon in
managed application by SHGetFileInfo (WinAPI).
I have tested sample code in that page. I believe it could works fine in
your application without any change, too.

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/files/fileicon.aspx
[Obtaining (and managing) file and folder icons using SHGetFileInfo in C#]

Hope this helps. Please try the above method and let me know if you have
any more concern. We are glad to assist you.
Have a great day,
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[Ashutosh Bhawasinka]

Thanks!!
This is exactly what I needed.

Regards,
Ashutosh

 

[Wen Yuan Wang [MSFT]]

Hello Ashutosh,

You are welcome. If you need any further assistance, just feel free to let
us know again.
We are glad to assist you.

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[parez]

Hello Ashutosh,

According to your description, you want to get the file/folder icon in your
.net application, correct? If I misunderstood anything here, please don't
hesitate to correct me.

If this is the case, you may refer to the following article. This document
has detailed sample code about how to get and display file/folder icon in
managed application by SHGetFileInfo (WinAPI).
I have tested sample code in that page. I believe it could works fine in
your application without any change, too.

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/files/fileicon.aspx
[Obtaining (and managing) file and folder icons using SHGetFileInfo in C#]

Hope this helps. Please try the above method and let me know if you have
any more concern. We are glad to assist you.
Have a great day,
Best regards,
Wen Yuan

Microsoft Online Community Support
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I was looking for this myself..thanks..

 

[parez]

Hello Ashutosh,

According to your description, you want to get the file/folder icon in your
.net application, correct? If I misunderstood anything here, please don't
hesitate to correct me.

If this is the case, you may refer to the following article. This document
has detailed sample code about how to get and display file/folder icon in
managed application by SHGetFileInfo (WinAPI).
I have tested sample code in that page. I believe it could works fine in
your application without any change, too.

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/files/fileicon.aspx
[Obtaining (and managing) file and folder icons using SHGetFileInfo in C#]

Hope this helps. Please try the above method and let me know if you have
any more concern. We are glad to assist you.
Have a great day,
Best regards,
Wen Yuan

Microsoft Online Community Support
Delighting our customers is our #1 priority. We welcome your comments and
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How do assigns this icons to ListViews and Tree views.

 

[parez]

Hello Ashutosh,

According to your description, you want to get the file/folder icon in your
.net application, correct? If I misunderstood anything here, please don't
hesitate to correct me.

If this is the case, you may refer to the following article. This document
has detailed sample code about how to get and display file/folder icon in
managed application by SHGetFileInfo (WinAPI).
I have tested sample code in that page. I believe it could works fine in
your application without any change, too.

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/files/fileicon.aspx
[Obtaining (and managing) file and folder icons using SHGetFileInfo in C#]

Hope this helps. Please try the above method and let me know if you have
any more concern. We are glad to assist you.
Have a great day,
Best regards,
Wen Yuan

Microsoft Online Community Support
Delighting our customers is our #1 priority. We welcome your comments and
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How do assigns this icons to ListViews and Tree views.

I got that working by using image keys for the ImageList of the List
view. but now my icons have a weird black border..

 

[Ashutosh Bhawasinka]

Hi,
I am currently using the method mentioned in the CodeProject article.
However there is a problem. Some file icons and all folder icons have a
black border around them.

I checked the code & it looked fine. Don't know why this is happening.

Is there any way I can remove those black border??

Regards,
Ashutosh

 

[Wen Yuan Wang [MSFT]]

Hello Ashutosh,
Thanks your reply.

According to the "Notes" part on CodeProject article, we have to include a
manifest file to use icons with alpha channel.
============================================================================
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/files/fileicon.aspx?display=PrintAll&fid=4222&
df=90&mpp=25&noise=3&sort=Position&view=Quick&fr=26&select=305145

Important Notes:

It's taken me a long time to figure this out, but gave me real grief at one
point. Windows XP introduced Visual Styles, enabling you to use icons with
alpha channel blending to produce nice smooth icons. However, to include
support for this you must include a manifest file. Without one, you get a
really ugly black border. For more information on including visual styles
support, you ought to read the MSDN Article "Using Windows XP Visual Styles
With Controls on Windows Forms". As I said, I forgot to include a manifest
and it drove me crazy for weeks.
============================================================================

The link which pointed by Auther has down, but we can get it at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa289524(VS.71).aspx
[Using Windows XP Visual Styles with Controls on Windows Forms]

Moreover, if the above method doesn't help, could you let me know which
version of VS you are using?(VS 2002/2003/2005 or 2008). I tried it on VS
2005 & WinXP. Folder icon works fine, even though I haven't included any
manifest file.

Hope this helps. Please try the above method and let me know if this method
works. I will follow up. We are glad to be of assistance.
Have a great day,
Best regards,
Wen Yuan

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[Ashutosh Bhawasinka]

Hi Wen,
Thanks for your reply.

I don't want to include any other file's dependency on my application.
Is there any way to do it without using the manifest file? I am
currently using VS 2005 with SP1( and plan to use VS 2008 once its free
of some of the bugs I noticed).

I am using small icons in the list view control(detailed view).

Regards,
Ashutosh

 

[Wen Yuan Wang [MSFT]]

Hello Ashutosh,

Thanks for your reply. But, I still failed to reproduce the issue. Both
folder icon and file icon work fine on my side. I didn't get black border
in the icon. Do you have any screen-shooting of the issue? If it's
possible, we will appreciate if you can send it to us. This could help for
us to understanding the whole picture of the issue. You can get me at
(e-mail address removed).

Moreover, the following kb article also descripts the way to get file
associated icon by SHGetFileInfo function. Could you please also try the
code posted on this article to check if the issue still persists?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319350/en-us
[How to use the SHGetFileInfo function to get the icons that are associated
with files in Visual C# .NET]

Hope this helps. If you have any more concern, please also free to let us
know. We are glad to assist you.
Have a great day,
Best regards,
Wen Yuan

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[Ashutosh Bhawasinka]

Hi Wen,
Please have a look at
http://www.ashutosh.in/ee/IconIssue.JPG

I am following almost the same steps mentioned in the KB.

Regards,
Ashutosh

 

[Wen Yuan Wang [MSFT]]

Hello Ashutosh,

Thanks for your reply and screen-shooting. It seems like a black shadow. By
default, ColorDepth property of ImageList is 8 Bit. To display tansparent
color, we would have to change it to 32 bit. Have you ever changed the
colorDepth of ImageList to 32 bit in Code or in Designer Mode?
Eg: imageList1.ColorDepth = ColorDepth.Depth32Bit;

On my side, I reproduced the issue after I change ColorDepth of ImageList
back to 8 bit.

Hope this helps, please try the above method and let me know if this works.
We are glad to assist you.

Have a great day,
Best regards,
Wen Yuan
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[Ashutosh Bhawasinka]

Hi Wen,
Thanks so much for your help.

I must say that you people are really doing great job

Regards,
Ashutosh

 

[Wen Yuan Wang [MSFT]]

Welcome, Ashutosh.
The pleasure is all mine.

Have a great day,
Best regards,
Wen Yuan

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