/// <summary>
/// This Method is used to return the windows file type icon in rtf form
/// </summary>
/// <param name="fileName">
/// Out of fileName-extenion the file type icon is extracted
/// <br/>
/// EXAMPLE:
/// fileName = "Hello.doc" ---> Result will be the icon for MS Word document
/// </param>
/// <returns>
/// A String containing a icon in WMeta8 Icon format (RTF Control string).
/// </returns>
public static Image GetFileIcon(string fileName)
{
var shinfo = new NativeMethods.ShFileinfo();
NativeMethods.SHGetFileInfo(fileName, 0, ref shinfo,
(uint) Marshal.SizeOf(shinfo),
(uint) (NativeMethods.ShGetFileInfoConstants.ShgfiIcon |
NativeMethods.ShGetFileInfoConstants.ShgfiLargeIcon |
NativeMethods.ShGetFileInfoConstants.ShgfiUseFileAttributes));
var fTypeIcon = Icon.FromHandle(shinfo.hIcon);
return fTypeIcon.ToBitmap();
}
/// <summary>
/// This Method is used to return the windows file type icon in rtf form
/// </summary>
/// <param name="fileName">
/// Out of fileName-extenion the file type icon is extracted
/// <br/>
/// EXAMPLE:
/// fileName = "Hello.doc" ---> Result will be the icon for MS Word document
/// </param>
/// <returns>
/// A String containing a icon in WMeta8 Icon format (RTF Control string).
/// </returns>
public static Image GetFileIcon(string fileName)
{
var shinfo = new NativeMethods.ShFileinfo();
NativeMethods.SHGetFileInfo(fileName, 0, ref shinfo,
(uint)Marshal.SizeOf(shinfo),
(uint)(NativeMethods.ShGetFileInfoConstants.ShgfiIcon |
NativeMethods.ShGetFileInfoConstants.ShgfiLargeIcon |
NativeMethods.ShGetFileInfoConstants.ShgfiUseFileAttributes));
var fTypeIcon = Icon.FromHandle(shinfo.hIcon);
return(fTypeIcon.ToBitmap());
}
