I never used a ListView or ListImage control, but, looking at the VB samples in MSDN, I bealive you can use the handle returned by ExtractIcon(Ex) as the 3rd param for the Add method of ListImage control.

Please tell me if I'm right.

Vlad

>Obviously, a ListView gets its icons from a related ImageList object and, from my experience ImageLists require a PHYSICAL file name. In that case a pointer would mean nothing to me. Do you have an idea as to how to approach this dilema?
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>Sorry, I do not mean to sound naive, but this is the first time I tackle this.