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c++.windows.32-bits - Help with writing/saving icons using win32 SDK or MFC

reply "Greg Peet" <admin gregpeet.com> writes:
Hello,
    I'm throwing this question out and hoping for a catch.

I'm writing an icon extractor. Everything works fine but for some reason,
possibly my stubbornness, I can not find a way to write an icon (from a dll,
exe resource) to a local .ico file. Has anyone here tried such a thing? I've
looked into search engines, dev sites, etc and have found no clue as to
where to begin. Is it possible to copy a handle from an icon (or use GDI in
some way) to write to an LPSTREAM or such? Any feedback will be welcome and
thanked!


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Regards,
Gregory Peet

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Jun 23 2003
next sibling parent "Wichetael" <wichetael gmx.net> writes:
As far as I know Windows doesn't provide any functions to save bitmaps,
icons or cursors, only functions to load them or create them in memory.
Though the ICO file format is quite simple and you shouldn't have too many
troubles implementing a simple save function.

You can find a document on .ico files on wotsit.org http://www.wotsit.org/

Regards,
Remko van der Vossen

"Greg Peet" <admin gregpeet.com> wrote in message
news:bd8f57$9rj$1 digitaldaemon.com...

 Hello,
     I'm throwing this question out and hoping for a catch.

 I'm writing an icon extractor. Everything works fine but for some reason,
 possibly my stubbornness, I can not find a way to write an icon (from a


dll,

 exe resource) to a local .ico file. Has anyone here tried such a thing?


I've

 looked into search engines, dev sites, etc and have found no clue as to
 where to begin. Is it possible to copy a handle from an icon (or use GDI


in

 some way) to write to an LPSTREAM or such? Any feedback will be welcome


and

 thanked!


 --
 Regards,
 Gregory Peet

 Fellow Digital Martian
 STLSoft FAQ: http://stlsoft.gregpeet.com
Jun 24 2003
prev sibling next sibling parent "KarL" <someone somewhere.org> writes:
Please read:

Windows Developer's Journal, September 1997.
"The World's Smallest Win32 Icon Editor" by
Petter Hesselberg.

http://www.wdj.com/wdm/articles/1997/9709/

Kar G Lim.

"Greg Peet" <admin gregpeet.com> wrote in message
news:bd8f57$9rj$1 digitaldaemon.com...

 Hello,
     I'm throwing this question out and hoping for a catch.

 I'm writing an icon extractor. Everything works fine but for some reason,
 possibly my stubbornness, I can not find a way to write an icon (from a dll,
 exe resource) to a local .ico file. Has anyone here tried such a thing? I've
 looked into search engines, dev sites, etc and have found no clue as to
 where to begin. Is it possible to copy a handle from an icon (or use GDI in
 some way) to write to an LPSTREAM or such? Any feedback will be welcome and
 thanked!


 --
 Regards,
 Gregory Peet

 Fellow Digital Martian
 STLSoft FAQ: http://stlsoft.gregpeet.com
Jun 24 2003
prev sibling parent "Greg Peet" <admin gregpeet.com> writes:
Thanks both of you!

"Greg Peet" <admin gregpeet.com> wrote in message
news:bd8f57$9rj$1 digitaldaemon.com...

 Hello,
     I'm throwing this question out and hoping for a catch.

 I'm writing an icon extractor. Everything works fine but for some reason,
 possibly my stubbornness, I can not find a way to write an icon (from a


dll,

 exe resource) to a local .ico file. Has anyone here tried such a thing?


I've

 looked into search engines, dev sites, etc and have found no clue as to
 where to begin. Is it possible to copy a handle from an icon (or use GDI


in

 some way) to write to an LPSTREAM or such? Any feedback will be welcome


and

 thanked!


 -- 
 Regards,
 Gregory Peet

 Fellow Digital Martian
 STLSoft FAQ: http://stlsoft.gregpeet.com
Jun 24 2003