Save Icon to .ico Q.

[NoCoolHandle]

Hi,

Does anyone know how to save an Icon to a .ico file without loosing too much quality.

I have some code that allows me to read a bitmap into an icon class object and apply it to a form. The quality when displayed in a form is excellent. However trying to export it as an external icon renders a very low quality image, and binding it back to a different form is equally bad.

What I have tried is using the icons save method. This allows for a stream object as an argument, but the resulting stream when saved to a file looks nothing like what is being displayed in the form.

Code to build icon from file..

 Private Sub BindImageAsIcon(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs) Handles Me.Paint

        ' Create a Bitmap object from an image file.
        Dim myBitmap As New Bitmap("C:\cam.png")

        ' Get an Hicon for myBitmap.
        Dim HIcon As IntPtr = myBitmap.GetHicon()

        ' Create a new icon from the handle.
        Dim newIcon As Icon = System.Drawing.Icon.FromHandle(HIcon)

        ' Set the form Icon attribute to the new icon.
        Me.Icon = newIcon

    End Sub