Get File Icon

[George Oro]

Hi everybody, just joined and my first post:

What I'm trying to do is to have an insert attachment facility in my mailing
software like MsOutlook or Outlook Express that shows the File Name, File
Size and respective Icon. So far by using the ListView & ImageList Control I
managed to get and view the File Name and Size. I browsed the whole day and
only using the PictureBox as far I can see will get the respective Icon and
add to the ImageList but the problem is MsAccess doesn't support Picturebox
object.

Any tips would be really greatly appreciated.


TIA,
George

[nico5038]

Why not use a table to store the attachments linked to the email before mailing.
Such a table can be shown as a subform and can hold icons when you want to.

Nic;o)

[George Oro]

Thanks Nico,

Actually after browsing the attachment automatically it saves to a temporary table.

From your suggestion about subform, could you explain further how to hold the icons?

TIA,
George

Why not use a table to store the attachments linked to the email before mailing.
Such a table can be shown as a subform and can hold icons when you want to.

Nic;o)

[nico5038]

When you have an additional field for OLE objects you can store .bmp's and show these. (.jpg is a bit harder)

Nic;o)

[George Oro]

I see but this looks like a manual process or I have to hardcode the images.

Actually my last resort is to hardcode all the possible images/icons on the ImageList and after inserting the file trim the extension and insert the corresponding icon then if the extension not found then use a clip icon.

Still hoping....

Thanks,
George

When you have an additional field for OLE objects you can store .bmp's and show these. (.jpg is a bit harder)

Nic;o)

[nico5038]

I've used several Icon editors that will allow the extraction of icons, even from .exe files. Might be a way to get the needed icons.

Nic;o)

[George Oro]

Appreciated if you could point where I can I download it. I hope its free =)

Thanks
George

I've used several Icon editors that will allow the extraction of icons, even from .exe files. Might be a way to get the needed icons.

Nic;o)

[NeoPa]

I hope this is the sort of thing you're after (Randy's Freeware Icon Editor).