Function name: ExtractIcon

Defined in : Shell32

Requirements : Windows NT 3.1 or later; Windows 95 or later

Declaration:

Declare Function ExtractIcon Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ExtractIconA" (ByVal hInst As Long, ByVal lpszExeFileName As String, ByVal nIconIndex As Long) As Long

Parameters:

* hInst Identifies the instance of the application calling the function. * lpszExeFileName Points to a null-terminated string specifying the name of an executable file, DLL, or icon file. * nIconIndex Specifies the index of the icon to retrieve. If this value is 0, the function returns the handle of the first icon in the specified file. If this value is -1, the function returns the total number of icons in the specified file.

Returns:

If the function succeeds, the return value is the handle to an icon. If the file specified was not an executable file, DLL, or icon file, the return is 1. If no icons were found in the file, the return value is NULL.

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