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Stored procedures
Saves an image in icon format either in a file, or in memory.
Example
// Create an icon
MyIcon is Icon
MyIcon.Image[1].Image = "C:\MyImages\logo48.gif"
MyIcon.TransparencyColor[1] = LightMagenta
MyIcon.Format[1] = icoFormatBMP
MyIcon.Image[2].Image = "C:\MyImages\logo256.png"
MyIcon.TransparencyColor[2] = Transparent
MyIcon.Format[2] = icoFormatPNG
dSaveImageICO(MyIcon, "Logo.ICO")
Syntax

Saving an icon in a file in ICO format Hide the details

<Result> = dSaveImageICO(<Icon> , <File name>)
<Result>: Boolean
  • True if the image was saved,
  • False otherwise. To get more details on the error, use ErrorInfo with the errMessage constant.
<Icon>: Icon variable
Name of the Icon variable to be used.
<File name>: Character string
Name and full (or relative) path of ICO file to create. A UNC path can be used. The file extension is optional.
Caution:
  • The destination directory must exist in order for the image to be saved.
  • The existence of the ICO file is not checked. This file is automatically overwritten if it already exists.

Saving an icon in memory Hide the details

<Result> = dSaveImageICO(<Icon> , <inMemory>)
<Result>: Buffer
Byte string containing the image in ICO format. Then, this byte string can be assigned to an Image control, saved in a file (fSaveText), ...
<Icon>: Icon variable
Name of the Icon variable to be used.
<inMemory>: Constant
inMemory: Constant used to save an image in memory.
Component: wd290pnt.dll
Minimum version required
  • Version 19
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Last update: 05/26/2022

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