public static Icon IconFromExtension(string Extension, IconSize Size)
{
try
{
Icon TempIcon;
//add '.' if nessesry
if (Extension[0] != '.') Extension = '.' + Extension;
//temp struct for getting file shell info
SHFILEINFO TempFileInfo = new SHFILEINFO();
SHGetFileInfo(
Extension,
0,
ref TempFileInfo,
(uint)Marshal.SizeOf(TempFileInfo),
SHGFI_ICON | SHGFI_USEFILEATTRIBUTES | (uint)Size);
TempIcon = (Icon)Icon.FromHandle(TempFileInfo.hIcon);
return GetManagedIcon(ref TempIcon);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("error while trying to get icon for " + Extension + " :" + e.Message);
return null;
}
}
static extern IntPtr SHGetFileInfo(
string pszPath, //path
uint dwFileAttributes, //attributes
ref SHFILEINFO psfi, //struct pointer
uint cbSizeFileInfo, //size
uint uFlags); //flags
