Question

I have an icon in my resource file , which I want to reference.

This is the code that needs that path to an icon file:

IWshRuntimeLibrary.IWshShortcut MyShortcut  ;
MyShortcut =   (IWshRuntimeLibrary.IWshShortcut)WshShell.CreateShortcut(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.DesktopDirectory) + @"\PerfectUpload.lnk");
MyShortcut.IconLocation = //path to icons path . Works if set to @"c:/icon.ico" 

Instead of having an external icon file I want it to find an embedded icon file.
Something like

MyShortcut.IconLocation  = Path.GetFullPath(global::perfectupload.Properties.Resources.finish_perfect1.ToString()) ;

is this possible ? if so how ?

Thanks

Answer 1

I think it will help you in some what…

//Get the assembly.
System.Reflection.Assembly CurrAssembly = System.Reflection.Assembly.LoadFrom(System.Windows.Forms.Application.ExecutablePath);

//Gets the image from Images Folder.
System.IO.Stream stream = CurrAssembly.GetManifestResourceStream("ImageURL");

if (null != stream)
{
    //Fetch image from stream.
    MyShortcut.IconLocation = System.Drawing.Image.FromStream(stream);
}