Reputation: 125
Having the window handle for an open application, I'm able to use the GetWindowText function to retrieve the text from the title bar of the app. I would like to take this a step farther and retrieve the icon associated with the same app.
How might I go about doing this? I looked through what I thought would be the relevant Win32 API sections, but nothing jumped out at me.
Any pointers would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
Upvotes: 9
Views: 18612
Reputation: 638
You could do the following:
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
static extern IntPtr SendMessage(IntPtr hWnd, uint Msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam);
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
static extern IntPtr LoadIcon(IntPtr hInstance, IntPtr lpIconName);
[DllImport("user32.dll", EntryPoint = "GetClassLong")]
static extern uint GetClassLong32(IntPtr hWnd, int nIndex);
[DllImport("user32.dll", EntryPoint = "GetClassLongPtr")]
static extern IntPtr GetClassLong64(IntPtr hWnd, int nIndex);
/// <summary>
/// 64 bit version maybe loses significant 64-bit specific information
/// </summary>
static IntPtr GetClassLongPtr(IntPtr hWnd, int nIndex)
{
if (IntPtr.Size == 4)
return new IntPtr((long)GetClassLong32(hWnd, nIndex));
else
return GetClassLong64(hWnd, nIndex);
}
uint WM_GETICON = 0x007f;
IntPtr ICON_SMALL2 = new IntPtr(2);
IntPtr IDI_APPLICATION = new IntPtr(0x7F00);
int GCL_HICON = -14;
public static Image GetSmallWindowIcon(IntPtr hWnd)
{
try
{
IntPtr hIcon = default(IntPtr);
hIcon = SendMessage(hWnd, WM_GETICON, ICON_SMALL2, IntPtr.Zero);
if (hIcon == IntPtr.Zero)
hIcon = GetClassLongPtr(hWnd, GCL_HICON);
if (hIcon == IntPtr.Zero)
hIcon = LoadIcon(IntPtr.Zero, (IntPtr)0x7F00/*IDI_APPLICATION*/);
if (hIcon != IntPtr.Zero)
return new Bitmap(Icon.FromHandle(hIcon).ToBitmap(), 16, 16);
else
return null;
}
catch (Exception)
{
return null;
}
}
This code retrieves the small window icon, which is shown next to the window text in the titlebar.
Upvotes: 7
Reputation: 93645
Icon ico = Icon.ExtractAssociatedIcon(theProcess.MainModule.FileName);
Initially this appears to be an exact duplicate of How can I get the icon from the executable file only having an instance of it's Process in C# but that one seems to focus largely on how to get it from within it's own self, whereas you may be asking how to get the icon using a program separate from the running process.
-Adam
Upvotes: 18