I've found two seemingly conflicting ways of getting the hInst
Parameter for ExtractIcon. One of them uses a special dll APIGID. This
is the dll that comes with the Appelman book on the Win32API. Now, I
trust this solution, but I want to know what the possible bad effects
of using GetModuleHandle from the kernel32. There's a cryptic note in
the API book that says the GetModuleHandle 'is only valid within the
context of the current process'. Now, what I'm wanting to do is be
able to Extract, Draw, Then Save the Icons so they can be used on a
toolbar. It would be okay if I needed to return an 'Icons Can not be
generated from open programs' message, but I'd like to know what the
real risks are in using GetModuleHandle for hInst, so that I can
account for all possible errors or decide that it's not worth the risk
and include the APIGID in the setup.

Any help in this would be appreciated

boots

I think what you need is App.hInstance.

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hello,
this is the source code for an Icon Extraction Program im working on.
ive got it to extract and save the icons from exe's and dll's.
Ive noticed a little color difference when veiwing them in explorer.
it might be  a bug in my code. but heres the code.
If you can get the color thing worked out please let me know :)

Option Explicit

Dim iconn%
Dim iconfilename$
Dim numicons%
Dim windir$
Dim hModule&
Dim iconmod$
Dim Iconh&
Dim X&

Private Declare Function DrawIcon Lib "user32" (ByVal hdc As Long, ByVal X
As Long, ByVal Y As Long, ByVal hIcon As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function ExtractIcon Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ExtractIconA"
(ByVal hInst As Long, ByVal lpszExeFileName As String, ByVal nIconIndex As
Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetModuleHandle Lib "kernel32" Alias
"GetModuleHandleA" (ByVal lpModuleName As String) As Long
Private Sub Form_Load()
Move (Screen.Width - Width) \ 2, (Screen.Height - Height) \ 2
StatusBar1.Panels(1).Text = "0" & " Icon(s) Selected"
End Sub
Private Sub btnCopy_Click()
    pic2.Picture = pic.Image
    'Must be pic2.Picture = pic.IMAGE, not pic.Picture, because it is not
    'actually part of the picture yet when you use the API call
End Sub
Private Sub btnSave_Click()
    Dim xtrac
    xtrac = InputBox("Select a Name for the Extracted Icon")
    If xtrac = "" Then Exit Sub
    SavePicture pic2, xtrac

    Exit Sub
End Sub
Private Sub Form_Unload(Cancel As Integer)
    End
End Sub
Private Sub hs_Change()
    pic.Cls 'Clears the picture box
    iconn% = hs.Value 'sets the value of the icon number to the scroll bar
position
    iconmod$ = iconfilename$ + Chr$(0) 'prepares filename for ExtractIcon
    Iconh = ExtractIcon(hModule, iconmod$, iconn%) 'Extracts the specified
icon
    X& = DrawIcon(pic.hdc, 0, 0, Iconh) 'Draws icon

End Sub

Private Sub mnuAbout_Click()
frmAbout.Show
End Sub

Private Sub mnuExit_Click()
Unload Me
End Sub
Private Sub mnuOpen_Click()
iconfilename$ = InputBox$("Icon File(.ICO,.EXE,.DLL):", "Type Path to Icon
File", "")
    If iconfilename$ = "" Then Exit Sub
    pic.Cls 'clears the picture box

    iconmod$ = iconfilename$ + Chr$(0) 'prepares filename
    Iconh = ExtractIcon(hModule, iconmod$, -1) 'gets number of icons
    numicons% = Iconh 'puts it into a variable
    StatusBar1.Panels(1).Text = Str$(numicons%) & " Icon(s) in File" 'shows
number of icons on label
    numicons% = numicons% - 1 'Accounts for the first icon, at number 0
    If numicons% > 0 Then 'disables scroll bar if only one or less
        hs.Enabled = -1
    Else
        hs.Enabled = 0
    End If
    Iconh = ExtractIcon(hModule, iconmod$, 0) 'Extracts the first icon
    X& = DrawIcon(pic.hdc, 0, 0, Iconh) 'Draws the first icon
    hs.Max = numicons% 'sets maximum scroll bar value to the number of icons
    hs.Value = 0
End Sub
Private Sub mnuSave_Click()
Dim xtract
    If pic2 = "" Then Exit Sub
    xtract = InputBox("Select Name for Icon")
    If xtract = "" Then Exit Sub
    SavePicture pic2, xtract
End Sub

Hope this Helps you ,

Junior DeForest

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