Hi, just wondering if anyone knew how to obtain the default file type icon for a file name.. i.e
foo.jpg - has a icon defined by the user which exists in the file types tab, is there anyway of accessing this infomation ?
Default System Icon
You asked a similar question some time ago... and got an answer 
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Just use this code, and use an existing file instead of the directory name,
and voila, you get it's icon.
Timo
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Just use this code, and use an existing file instead of the directory name,
and voila, you get it's icon.
Timo
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indeed, I did. except it's not the same icon because file doesn't exist except for "foo.[insert ext here]" as a string in a config file.
alternatively, I suppose I could scan the catalog file for all the diferent extenshions and make a file of that type in a cache folder I suppose.
but that'd be resourceful I would have thought.
Unless that is exactally how you do it.
alternatively, I suppose I could scan the catalog file for all the diferent extenshions and make a file of that type in a cache folder I suppose.
but that'd be resourceful I would have thought.
Unless that is exactally how you do it.
Hmm, that makes it a bit more complicated, as the code I posted
only works with existing files/folders.
You can also try to find the info you need in the Registry. But that's a bit
more of work.
pcfreak from the PB chat once had a working example for that, but he is
on vacation till next week, Maybe he can give it to you when he's back.
Timo
only works with existing files/folders.
You can also try to find the info you need in the Registry. But that's a bit
more of work.
pcfreak from the PB chat once had a working example for that, but he is
on vacation till next week, Maybe he can give it to you when he's back.
Timo
quidquid Latine dictum sit altum videtur
which basically exports a 0 byte file as the extension name to disk and then grabs the icon from it.