Saving an icon

Hi,

I'm creating a little utility that extracts an icon from a *.exe or *.dll. I'm sure many of you have done it using the ExtractIcon API. Anyway, the programs just about finished except for one feature, saving the icon. The icon is stored inside a variable called lngIcon so how would I save it in the format of *.ico? Thanks

Try this.

Make a Form with a PictureBox, ImageList and CommandButton

Code:

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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 DrawIcon Lib "user32" (ByVal hdc As Long, ByVal x As Long, ByVal y As Long, ByVal hIcon As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function DestroyIcon Lib "user32.dll" (ByVal hIcon As Long) As Long

Private Sub Command1_Click()

    'Extract the Icon and Draw it
    Retval = ExtractIcon(App.hInstance, "C:\Windows\Calc.exe", 0)
    DrawIcon Picture1.hdc, 0, 0, Retval
    Picture1.Picture = Picture1.Image
   
    'Convert the Bitmap to an Icon
    ImageList1.ListImages.Add 1, "Calc", Picture1.Picture
    Set Picture1.Picture = ImageList1.ListImages(1).ExtractIcon
   
    'Save the file
    SavePicture Picture1.Picture, "C:\Windows\Desktop\ttt.ico"
    'Free up resources
    DestroyIcon (Retval)

End Sub

Private Sub Form_Load()

    Picture1.AutoRedraw = True
   
End Sub

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Thanks Megatron,

I'll give that a try.