Source and icon extraction code in VB.NET

Download source and icon extraction code in VB.NET

Today, in this post, we have prepared for you, dear users of the website, a magical source file and icon extraction code in VB.NET ready for download.

Introduction

In my years of developing Windows applications, finding the best icons is sometimes the most difficult task. When I finally settle on one, I always wonder if there was something better I could have used. What I have developed here is symbol mining. Point the program to a directory, and let it run... it will scan every DLL, EXE, and ICO file in any directory you provide (can be edited to scan other files too, like OCX). I hope some of you find this useful for your progress. The trial program is also really fast. He scanned 10 GB files and reached 6182 icons in 10:33 minutes! I also have to admit that watching it run through all the files on your computer and watching the icon forms at about 50 icons per second is fun!

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The general idea is to extract icons that are embedded resources in a DLL or EXE. The way this is done with old Win32 APIs. I was going to use the System.Reflection.Assembly.GetEmbeddedResource .NET function, but that only works for managed assemblies. I realized that the API works on anything.

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