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Extracting an icon from a exe or dll

Question: How do I Extract an icon from another executable or dll in code? Answer: Use the Windows API function ExtractIcon(), passing it the instance handle of your application, the path name of the application you wish to extract the icon from, and the number of the icon you wish to extract. Example: var TheIcon: TIcon; begin TheIcon := TIcon.Create; TheIcon.Handle := ExtractIcon(hInstance, 'C:\SOMEPATH\SOMEPROG.EXE', 0); {Do something with the icon} TheIcon.Free; end;