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draw an icon on the form from resources

Hi there, i am trying to retrieve an icon from my resources in order to draw it via GDI...

SO here is what i do and i keep getting null

my resource's name is tram and the icon is tram.ico


Dim list = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly.GetManifestResourceNames()

Dim assembly As System.Reflection.Assembly =Me.GetType().Assembly

Me.theIcon = GetEmbeddedIcon(assembly.GetName().Name & ".tram.ico")

Form1.gMyGraphics.DrawIcon(theIcon, 20, 20)



Function GetListOfEmbeddedResources() As Array
        Return _
         System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly.GetManifestResourceNames
    End Function
    Function GetEmbeddedIcon(ByVal strName As String) As Icon
        Return New Icon(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly.GetManifestResourceStream(strName))
    End Function

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There is a trick actually in the constructor of the Icon class you can specify the name of the resource. See code block.
Make sure that you right clicked on the resource in the solution explorer and have set the "Build Action" property to "Embedded Resource"

Dim ico As New Icon(GetType(Form1), "blankcd.ico")
Me.Icon = ico

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