Load images from an external res file or dll?

[vzcharlie]

Is it possible to load images from an external res file or a dll in VB?

[Johnny101]

i haven't done it with a dll, but i have with a .res file.

here's an example:

'theres a resource file setup already with icons and such

Const ICON_CHECK as Integer = 23

ImageList1.ListImages.Add , , LoadResPicture(ICON_CHECK, vbResIcon)




that's it.

hope this helps,

john

John Pirkey
MCSD
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[vzcharlie]

Is there a way to load these images without compiling the res file. I want to load images but don't want to make the compiled program to be too large.

[John G Duffy]

A earlier post of yours suggested the use of Dlls or .Res files. If you can get the images into a .DLL file, then you can use the ExtractAssociatedIcon API to retrieve them

' The Declare
Declare Function ExtractAssociatedIcon Lib "Shell32.DLL" Alias "ExtractAssociatedIconA" (byval hInst as Long, byval lpIconPath as string, lpiIcon as Long) as Long




' A sample
DisplayChangeIconDialog = ExtractAssociatedIcon(App.hInstance, fn, IconIndex) ' Extract the icon




John G