Icon & embedded resource

[Pippo]

I've created a c# dll with some classes and i've included some icons that i
can see with ILDASM like namespace.iconfile.ico

I re-use this dll (dll reference) and relative classes in many vb project

How i can re-use icons?

[AMercer]

Assuming MyForm is a form object, I set its icon like this:
Dim sra As Reflection.Assembly =
Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly
Dim str As IO.Stream = sra.GetManifestResourceStream("xxx.yyy.ico")
MyForm.Icon = New Drawing.Icon(str)
The documentation hints at using an embedded resource directly. I could not
figure out how to do it for both .wav and .ico resources, so I use an IO
stream for both. The code fragment above is two years old, and there may be
a better way at this time.

"Pippo" wrote:

I've created a c# dll with some classes and i've included some icons that i
can see with ILDASM like namespace.iconfile.ico

I re-use this dll (dll reference) and relative classes in many vb project

How i can re-use icons?

[Dennis]

Here is a class I wrote to retrieve embedded resources:

Imports System
Imports System.Reflection
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Windows.Forms

Public Class Resources
'WARNING: Icon and Image Names are Case Sensistive
Private Shared Function AssemblyName() As String
Static v_AssemblyName As String
If v_AssemblyName Is Nothing Then v_AssemblyName =
System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly(). GetName.Name & "."
Return v_AssemblyName
End Function
Public Shared Function GetIcon(ByVal IconName As String) As Icon
Dim asm As [Assembly] = [Assembly].GetExecutingAssembly
Dim v_name As String = IconName
If InStr(v_name.ToLower, ".ico") <= 0 Then v_name = v_name & ".ico"
Dim Name As String = AssemblyName() & v_name
Dim s As System.IO.Stream = asm.GetManifestResourceStream(Name)
If Not s Is Nothing Then
Return New Icon(s)
s.Close()
End If
End Function

Public Shared Function GetImage(ByVal BitMapName As String) As Bitmap
Dim asm As [Assembly] = [Assembly].GetExecutingAssembly
Dim v_name As String = BitMapName
If InStr(v_name.ToLower, ".bmp") <= 0 Then v_name = v_name & ".bmp"
Dim Name As String = AssemblyName() & v_name
Dim s As System.IO.Stream = asm.GetManifestResourceStream(Name)
If Not s Is Nothing Then
Return New Bitmap(s)
s.Close()
End If
End Function

Public Shared Function GetCursor(ByVal CursorName As String) As Cursor
Dim asm As [Assembly] = [Assembly].GetExecutingAssembly
Dim v_name As String = CursorName
If InStr(v_name.ToLower, ".cur") <= 0 Then v_name = v_name & ".cur"
Dim Name As String = AssemblyName() & v_name
Dim s As System.IO.Stream = asm.GetManifestResourceStream(Name)
If Not s Is Nothing Then
Return New Cursor(s)
s.Close()
End If
End Function
Protected Overrides Sub Finalize()
MyBase.Finalize()
End Sub
End Class
--
Dennis in Houston
"Pippo" wrote:

I've created a c# dll with some classes and i've included some icons that i
can see with ILDASM like namespace.iconfile.ico

I re-use this dll (dll reference) and relative classes in many vb project

How i can re-use icons?