Getting File & Folder Icons

[q1w2e3r4t7]

Trying to get the icon of a system files, searched the and the function that everyone is using is :

 

 Private Declare Function SHGetFileInfo Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "SHGetFileInfoA" ( _
   ByVal pszPath As String, _
   ByVal dwFileAttributes As Integer, _
   ByRef psfi As SHFILEINFO, _
   ByVal cbFileInfo As Integer, _
   ByVal uFlags As Integer) As Integer

 

However, this function does not return icons for folders, and doesn't show the transparencies of icons.

 

Can anyone please help me with returning a correct icon from file / folders.

 

(p.s. i'm trying to fill a listview control with files & thier icons)

 

Thanks

[snarfblam]

Have you tried...

Private Declare Function ExtractAssociatedIcon Lib "shell32.dll" _
 Alias "ExtractAssociatedIconA"
 (hInst As IntPtr, lpIconPath As String, lpiIcon As Integer) As IntPtr

You can use System.Drawing.Icon.FromHandle to convert the return value into a .Net Icon.