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#14: How can I get a system icons?

If you want to fill in TImageList the system icon list, then you can write the next:

var FileInfo: TSHFileInfo;
begin
  {to get a small icons}
  imgListSysSmall := TImageList.Create(nil);
  with imgListSysSmall do
  begin
    Handle := SHGetFileInfo('', 0, FileInfo, SizeOf(TSHFileInfo),
      SHGFI_SMALLICON or SHGFI_SYSICONINDEX );
   ShareImages := True;
  end;

  {to get a small icons}
  imgListSysLarge := TImageList.Create(nil);
  with imgListSysLarge do
  begin
    Handle := SHGetFileInfo('', 0, FileInfo, SizeOf(TSHFileInfo),
      SHGFI_LARGEICON or SHGFI_SYSICONINDEX );
   ShareImages := True;
  end;
end;

Also if you want to get a "My Computer" icon, you must use the next
function:

var FileInfo: TSHFileInfo;
     PIDL: PItemIDList;
begin
  SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(Application.Handle, CSIDL_DRIVES, PIDL);
  if SHGetFileInfo(PChar(PIDL), 0, FileInfo, SizeOf(TSHFileInfo),
     SHGFI_PIDL or SHGFI_SYSICONINDEX ) <> 0 then
        Result := FileInfo.iIcon;
end;

In this function you can use the constants from shlobj.pas:

  CSIDL_DESKTOP                       = $0000; 
  CSIDL_PROGRAMS                      = $0002; 
  CSIDL_CONTROLS                      = $0003; 
  CSIDL_PRINTERS                      = $0004; 
  CSIDL_PERSONAL                      = $0005; 
  CSIDL_FAVORITES                     = $0006; 
  CSIDL_STARTUP                       = $0007; 
  CSIDL_RECENT                        = $0008; 
  CSIDL_SENDTO                        = $0009; 
  CSIDL_BITBUCKET                     = $000a; 
  CSIDL_STARTMENU                     = $000b; 
  CSIDL_DESKTOPDIRECTORY              = $0010; 
  CSIDL_DRIVES                        = $0011; 
  CSIDL_NETWORK                       = $0012; 
  CSIDL_NETHOOD                       = $0013; 
  CSIDL_FONTS                         = $0014; 
  CSIDL_TEMPLATES                     = $0015; 
  CSIDL_COMMON_STARTMENU              = $0016; 
  CSIDL_COMMON_PROGRAMS               = $0017; 
  CSIDL_COMMON_STARTUP                = $0018; 
  CSIDL_COMMON_DESKTOPDIRECTORY       = $0019; 
  CSIDL_APPDATA                       = $001A; 
  CSIDL_PRINTHOOD                     = $001B;

Published: August 16, 1999

See also

	ABA Spreadsheet Convert
	ExcelFile Viewer
	Paradox Viewer
	Paradox Password Recovery
	Viewer for MS Outlook Messages
	SMImport suite
	SMMsg suite
	Excel Reader (dll)
	dBase Viewer
	ABA Picture Convert

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