Multiple icons from resource

[Jake Wharton]

Right now i have embedded an icon file in my project with 6 different
individual icons in it. I currently use

Bitmap icon = new Bitmap(this.Get Type(), "App.ico");

to load in the icon but it will only work on the first icon. I've stumbled
upon a class called MultiIcon
(http://www.codeproject.com/dotnet/MultiIcon.asp) which allows you to select
an individual icon. My problem is how to load the resource into this class.
I've added my own constructer in which you can pass a MemoryStream (which is
what the class uses to read the Icon) but i'm unable to get my icon file into
a MemoryStream. I attempted to create a binary formatter and then serialize
it but I kept getting ArgumentNullExc eptions in mscorlib.dll. Any help on
this is greatly appreciated.

[Mick Doherty]

That is a nice little class.
Change icoStream from type 'IO.MemoryStrea m' to type 'IO.Stream' and you can
use GetManifestReso urceStream().

\\\
System.Reflecti on.Assembly Assy =
this.GetType(). Assembly.GetExe cutingAssembly( );

thisIcon = new multiIcon(Assy. GetManifestReso urceStream(
"myNameSpace.Ap p.ico"))
///

The class would benefit from a ToBitmap method so that 32bit Icons look good
even when not on a Black background. Theres an example of that on my site
(which I may be able to improve on, armed with the info in this class).
http://dotnetrix.co.uk/misc.html

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http://dotnetrix.co.uk/nothing.html
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Right now i have embedded an icon file in my project with 6 different
individual icons in it. I currently use

Bitmap icon = new Bitmap(this.Get Type(), "App.ico");

to load in the icon but it will only work on the first icon. I've
stumbled
upon a class called MultiIcon
(http://www.codeproject.com/dotnet/MultiIcon.asp) which allows you to
select
an individual icon. My problem is how to load the resource into this
class.
I've added my own constructer in which you can pass a MemoryStream (which
is
what the class uses to read the Icon) but i'm unable to get my icon file
into
a MemoryStream. I attempted to create a binary formatter and then
serialize
it but I kept getting ArgumentNullExc eptions in mscorlib.dll. Any help on
this is greatly appreciated.