>>>>Hi, All,
>>>>
>>>>My application stores references to files created externally, e.g. Word documents, excel,text,PDF etc., which are tied to a user's assignment record.
>>>>
>>>>Is there an easy way to retrieve an ICON image for a document type?
>>>>For example,for documents with .txt extension I would like to retrieve the Notepad icon or whatever is registered in the OS. That way I can accurately display the document types as images to the users when they view the references on a form.
>>>>
>>>>Any help will be appreciated,
>>>>
>>>Dawa,
>>>
>>>Is this for simply display or do you want to extract the icon and save it?
>>
>>Yes, just to display.
>
>You might have some problems with stability of the image. I use this method to display my application's icon in my About dialog class.

DECLARE SHORT DrawIcon IN Win32API;
>  INTEGER Hdc, INTEGER X, INTEGER Y, INTEGER hIcon
>* You'll need to replace the following declaration
>DECLARE INTEGER ExtractIcon IN Shell32;
>  INTEGER hInst, STRING @lpszExeFileName, INTEGER nIconIndex
>* with the following.
>DECLARE INTEGER ExtractAssociatedIcon IN Shell32;
>  INTEGER hInst, STRING @lpszExeFileName, INTEGER nIconIndex
>DECLARE INTEGER GetClassLong IN Win32API;
>  INTEGER hWnd, INTEGER nIndex
>DECLARE INTEGER GetDC IN Win32API;
>  INTEGER hWnd
>DECLARE INTEGER ReleaseDC IN Win32API;
>  INTEGER hwnd, INTEGER hdc

Now you should add the following properties to the form: HInstance, HDc, and HIcon and assign them as follows

ThisForm.HInstance = GetClassLong(ThisForm.HWnd, -16)
>ThisForm.HDc = GetDC(ThisForm.HWnd)
>ThisForm.HIcon = ExtractAssociatedIcon(ThisForm.HInstance, lcfilename, 0)

Now in the Paint and Show methods of the form

= DrawIcon(This.HDc, 12, 12, This.HIcon)

This displays the icon at 12, 12 (pixels) of the form's client area.
>
>You then shoud clean up with

= ReleaseDC(This.HWnd, This.HDc)

in the form's destroy event.
>
>One problem you'll note is the if the form or desktop is minimized, the icon won't necessarily be re-drawn.
>
>If you have any other questions, let me know.

Well, this would help me extract the icon associated with an exe. This means that I need to know the application that handles the type of document that the user added to his assignment. How do get to the exe that is associated with an exe? Is this how window explorer extracts the icons for the registered documents?

Dawa