Exposes methods that return either icons or thumbnails for Shell items. If no thumbnail or icon is available for the requested item, a per-class icon may be provided from the Shell.

IShellItemImageFactory Members

GetImage

Gets an HBITMAP that represents an IShellItem. The default behavior is to load a thumbnail. If there is no thumbnail for the current IShellItem, it retrieves an HBITMAP for the icon of the item. The thumbnail or icon is extracted if it is not currently cached.

Interface Information

Inherits from	IUnknown
Header and IDL files	shobjidl.h, shobjidl.idl
Minimum operating systems	Windows Vista