getting icon from embedded resource

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farseer

Hi,
I created a new resouce ("app.resx") in my project and added an icon to
this resource with name "IL_ICON". I would like to use this resource
in some unmanaged code, in particular, with the api function
SHNotificationAdd. How can i do this?
i have tried using ResourceManager to get that icon, but i am getting
back NULL. Even if i did get back an icon, how can i use this to with
the hIcon parameter of SHNotificationAdd?

thank you much
 
solve this by placing the resource in a dll and exporting a function in
that dll that returns the handle of the icon...
 
Hi this is a way of getting an Icon from an embedded resource, but don't
forget to set the ico's build action to embedded resource.

Dim p As System.Reflection.Assembly
p = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly()
Dim ic As Icon
ic = New System.Drawing.Icon(p.GetManifestResourceStream(Me.GetType(),
"141_7.ico"))

hth

Greetz Peter
 
I created a new resouce ("app.resx") in my project and added an icon to
this resource with name "IL_ICON". I would like to use this resource
in some unmanaged code, in particular, with the api function
SHNotificationAdd. How can i do this?
i have tried using ResourceManager to get that icon, but i am getting
back NULL. Even if i did get back an icon, how can i use this to with
the hIcon parameter of SHNotificationAdd?
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Add the icon file to your project and set its 'Build Action' property to
'Embedded Resource'. You can use the code below to load the icon at
runtime:

\\\
foo.Icon = _
New Icon( _
[Assembly].GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceStream( _
"WindowsApplication1.Ball.ico" _
) _
)
///

'WindowsApplication1' is the root namespace of the application, "Ball.ico"
is the icon's filename. You can determine the icon's handle using its
'Handle' property.
 
thank you for the response. i will try this. however, my issue is
getting a pointer to the icon in C# that can be used with
SHNotificationAdd. i have been able to get around this by including
the icon as a resource in a dll, and then exporting a function that
returns that icon pointer from that dll.
 
however, my issue is
getting a pointer to the icon in C# that can be used with
SHNotificationAdd.
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As said previously, using the icon object's 'Handle' property should work.
 
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