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How to extract an icon resouurce file from a exe,icl or dll file,and saves it as an ico file?(Do not use Ticon))
TIcon only saves icon as a 16 color ico file,but I want to get a unabridged ico file(a icon file that includes lots style of icon) from these files(exe,icl,dll),what should I do? Thanks!
An Icon file, which usually has the ICO extension, contains one icon resource. Icon resource can also be stored in .DLL and .EXE files. And an icon resource can contain multiple images, like 16*16*256 colors,32*32*true colors,48*48*16 colors... I want to save all of the images into an icon file.
An Icon file, which usually has the ICO extension, contains one icon resource. Icon resource can also be stored in .DLL and .EXE files. And an icon resource can contain multiple images, like 16*16*256 colors,32*32*true colors,48*48*16 colors... I want to save all of the images into an icon file.
There are API functions that can be used to extract icon from exe and dll. The ExtractIcon function retrieves the handle of an icon from the specified executable file, dynamic-link library (DLL), or icon file. You can also use functions in Resource Functions Group e.g. enumresourcetype, loadresource. Please see the win32 API help included with Delphi. Example of code also available at http://delphi.about.com
hello MonkeyLin, what do you need? a way to save 256 color icons to file? It's true that Delphi Icons only save in 256 colors. I don't understand when you said - "I want to get a unabridged ico file(a icon file that includes lots style of icon)". Do you just mean 256 colors, what other styles does an Icon have?
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An Icon file, which usually has the ICO extension, contains one icon resource. Icon resource can also be stored in .DLL and .EXE files. And an icon resource can contain multiple images, like 16*16*256 colors,32*32*true colors,48*48*16 colors... I want to save all of the images into a icon file.
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