Can you load start button?

[Egbert Zijlema]

Fellow programmers,
Is it possible to load the Windows start button as an icon or a bitmap,
in the way the regular MsgBox icons can be retrieved?

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[Lance Edmonds]

Sure... capture the desktop with PRINTSCREEN, and clip the button image, then use that image on an IMGBUTTON control...

Or have I misinterpreted your request?


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[Egbert Zijlema]

Lance,

You indeed dit'nt get the picture right. I mean one of the 2 methods as coded below.
Can someone explain the difference (except from the order of appearance)? And which
method is the preferred one? I can't find the values 100 thru 105 in WIN32API.INC,
so obviously there are no meaningful equates for this method?

#COMPILE EXE
#INCLUDE "WIN32API.INC"
 
FUNCTION PbMain() AS LONG
  LOCAL hDlg AS LONG, hIcon AS LONG, cx AS LONG, count AS LONG
   
  cx = -10
  DIALOG NEW 0, " Default Windows icons", , , 140, 90, %WS_SYSMENU TO hDlg
  cx = -10
  FOR count = %IDI_APPLICATION TO %IDI_WINLOGO ' = 32512 - 32517
    cx = cx + 20
    CONTROL ADD LABEL, hDlg, count, "", cx, 10, 0, 0, %SS_ICON
    hIcon = LoadIcon(0, BYVAL count)
    IF count = %IDI_APPLICATION THEN
      SendMessage hDlg, %WM_SETICON, 1, hIcon
    END IF
    SendDlgItemMessage hDlg, count, %STM_SETIMAGE, %IMAGE_ICON, hIcon
  NEXT
   
  cx = -10
  FOR count = 100 TO 105
    cx = cx + 20
    CONTROL ADD LABEL, hDlg, count, "", cx, 40, 0, 0, %SS_ICON
    hIcon = LoadImage(BYVAL 0, BYVAL count, %IMAGE_ICON, 0, 0, 0)
    SendDlgItemMessage hDlg, count, %STM_SETIMAGE, %IMAGE_ICON, hIcon
  NEXT
  DIALOG SHOW MODAL hDlg
END FUNCTION

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[This message has been edited by Egbert Zijlema (edited October 24, 2000).]

[Lance Edmonds]

Well, it's 6 of one, half a dozen of the other...

The LoadIcon() method is better documented for sure... LoadImage is using the ID of the icons, whereas LoadIcon() is using a set of predefined equates.

IIRC, internally, LoadIcon() actually calls LoadImage(), so the latter may slightly reduce the overhead, but there is little advantage.

I'd suggest you use whichever method is more comfortable for you. Personally I usually use the LoadIcon() API as there are fewer parameters to type.

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