there are programs that can extract the icons from the system dlls. check out this link:
http://www.vbaccelerator.com/home/VB/Utilities/Icon_Extractor/article.asp and this link: http://www.vbaccelerator.com/home/VB/Utilities/Bitmap_Extractor/article.asp on a related note, i have always thought that it would be nice to have some built in functions to retrieve common icons (i.e. Save, Open, etc...) -ariel --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I figured out how to get the image when referencing > an actual '.ico' file, > just specify the path of the file in new > Win32::GUI::Icon. But how do you > get it from a dll or exe file? > > Joe > > > > Joseph Vieira > CIO IT Support > FUJITSU CONSULTING > Phone: (732) 549-4100 ext (8657) > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > "Plum, Jason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 12/29/2005 04:29 PM > > To > <perl-win32-gui-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > cc > > Subject > RE: [perl-win32-gui-users] Button bitmap and icons > > > > > > > > Give me a bit here and I’ll whip up a full demo > for you, I’ve got a > program at home that’s running with like, 50 > icons. > > Jason P > > From: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 4:22 PM > To: perl-win32-gui-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: RE: [perl-win32-gui-users] Button bitmap > and icons > > > Jason, > > I got the same result > > Joe > > > > "Plum, Jason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 12/29/2005 03:34 PM > > > To > <perl-win32-gui-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > cc > > Subject > RE: [perl-win32-gui-users] Button bitmap and icons > > > > > > > > > > > My $ico = new Win32::GUI::Icon( [EMAIL PROTECTED]); > then in the button, -icon => $ico > > Jason P > > > > > > From: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 3:05 PM > To: perl-win32-gui-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [perl-win32-gui-users] Button bitmap and > icons > > > Hello, > > I'm a little confused about how to add a bitmap to a > button or create one > as an icon. I want to create a button with a > picture of a printer on it, > like you see in a word processing program. Also a > button with internet > explorer icon on it, or any other program's icon. I > can't find an example > on the web site on how to do this. > > I tried this out but the button was blank, you > couldn't see the word > "TEST". So I must have done something to block the > text, but the image > did not show up either. > > $MainWin->AddButton( > -name => "Button1", > -text => "TEST", > -bitmap => 1, > -picture => 'bliss.bmp', > -left => 350, > -top => 10, > ); > > > Windows XP SP2, 5.8.7, GUI 1.02 > > Thanks, > Joe > >
