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Extract an icon from an Windows application and paint on a Form

By Zarko Gajic, About.com

This tip shows how to extract the associated icon and draw it into a small area of the form (e.g. Notepad icon)?

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procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject) ;
var
   IconIndex : word;
   h : hIcon;
begin
  IconIndex := 0;
  h:=ExtractAssociatedIcon
     (hInstance,'C:\WINDOWS\NOTEPAD.EXE', IconIndex) ;
  DrawIcon(Form1.Canvas.Handle, 10, 10, h) ;
end;
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