Public Shared Function ExtractAssociatedIcon ( _
    filePath As String _
) As Icon

Dim filePath As String
Dim returnValue As Icon

returnValue = Icon.ExtractAssociatedIcon(filePath)

public static Icon ExtractAssociatedIcon (
    string filePath
)

public:
static Icon^ ExtractAssociatedIcon (
    String^ filePath
)

public static Icon ExtractAssociatedIcon (
    String filePath
)

public static function ExtractAssociatedIcon (
    filePath : String
) : Icon

Not applicable.

Parameters

filePath

The path to the file that contains an image.

Return Value

A relative path is assumed to be relative to the current working directory.

When ExtractAssociatedIcon is used with bitmaps, a thumbnail image may be returned instead of an icon if the system running the application has a registry setting that causes bitmap files to be shown as thumbnail images.

The following code example demonstrates how to use the ExtractAssociatedIcon method. To run this example, paste the code into a Windows Form and call ExtractAssociatedIconEx from the form's constructor or Load event handler.

Private Sub ExtractAssociatedIconEx()
    Dim ico As Icon = Icon.ExtractAssociatedIcon("C:\WINDOWS\system32\notepad.exe")
    Me.Icon = ico

End Sub

private void ExtractAssociatedIconEx()
{
    Icon ico =
        Icon.ExtractAssociatedIcon(@"C:\WINDOWS\system32\notepad.exe");
    this.Icon = ico;

}

Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.

.NET Framework