Icon question...

pzmgmb · Jan 7, 2005

If I add an Icon to my Solution how do I reference it in code?

Code:

Dim oIcon As New Icon("..\open.ico")

I understand the above is the way to load it from outside the solution.

Once I add it to the solution how can I reference it?

Also how can i create a resource file, then add an icon to it and then reference the icon from the resource file?

Dimandja · Jan 7, 2005

Like this perhaps?

Code:

Dim [b]oIcon[/b] As New Icon("SampIcon.ico")
' Create rectangle for icon.
Dim rect As New Rectangle(100, 100, 200, 200)
' Draw icon to screen.
e.Graphics.DrawIconUnstretched([b]oIcon[/b], rect)

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pzmgmb · Jan 9, 2005

No, I mean how do i reference the icon that is in the solution explorer?

Dimandja · Jan 9, 2005

Here are two quick links that may be of interest. The examples are not in VB.NET, though.

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Dimandja · Jan 9, 2005

Let's try that again:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnwui/html/msdn_icons.asp

http://www.codetoad.com/vb_resource_files.asp

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pzmgmb · Jan 9, 2005

Thanks Dimandja for the help! I found out how to do it. In case you or anyone else is interested here's how I found to do it.

http://dotnetjunkies.com/Article/D439BB19-81DB-4F3D-BBF3-1E6AF5540853.dcik

http://www.codeproject.com/vb/net/embeddedresources.asp

It doesnt seem as simple as I thought it would be, but... it works!

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