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.NET Forum / Languages / C# / January 2008window form contains desktop icon
can a desktop icon, used to launch an application window like windows explorer, be a child control in a window form? I checked the windows forms controls in VS2005 and did not see any such control. I would like my code to display all the .LNK files in a directory on a form, handle the single and double click events on the icon, launch the application when double click, ... thanks, -Steve Hi, It'not that simple, the Icons are not independly entities, they are embedded in .EXE and extracted and displayed in the screen. The link file just says where to get the icon from. Dont' remember if there is a managed way to extract the icon from a .exe  SignatureIgnacio Machin http://www.laceupsolutions.com Mobile & warehouse Solutions. > can a desktop icon, used to launch an application window like windows > explorer, be a child control in a window form? I checked the windows [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > -Steve On Jan 31, 3:09 pm, "Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)" <machin TA laceupsolutions.com> wrote: > Hi, > > It'not that simple, the Icons are not independly entities, they are embedded > in .EXE and extracted and displayed in the screen. > The link file just says where to get the icon from. good to know. thanks. > can a desktop icon, used to launch an application window like windows > explorer, be a child control in a window form? I checked the windows [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > form, handle the single and double click events on the icon, launch > the application when double click, ... I guess you are looking for a "Explorer View" control rather like the ListView common control. Don't know of any. There are customization callbacks for the File Open dialog that allow unlimited extensibility. So instead of having a control to embed in your form, you can use the File Open dialog as your form and add the other controls you need. > thanks, > > -Steve
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