Function name: ExtractIconEx

Defined in : GDI32

Requirements : Windows NT 4.0 or later; Windows 95 or later

Declaration:

Declare Function ExtractIconEx Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ExtractIconExA" (ByVal lpszFile As String, ByVal nIconIndex As Long, phiconLarge As Long, phiconSmall As Long, ByVal nIcons As Long) As Long

Parameters:

* lpszFile Pointer 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 and phIconLargeand phiconSmall are both NULL, the function returns the total number of icons in the specified file. * phiconLarge Pointer to an array of handles of large icons returned. This parameter can be NULL. * phiconSmall Pointer to an array of handles of small icons returned. This parameter can be NULL. * nIcons Specifies the count of the number of icons to extract.

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 value is 1. If no icons were found in the file, the return value is NULL.

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