icon from a .RC file

[Natter]

Is it possible to save an icon from a .RC file to a file ?

[Antonio Linares]

You can save it from a RES file but you can't save it from a RC file as you only have the icon name there.

The RES file does include the icon contents.

[Natter]

Sorry, Antonio, I wrote it wrong. Of course I meant the RES file

[Antonio Linares]

Simply open the RES file with a resources editor and save the icon file

[Natter]

I guess I didn't ask the question well. I compiled .prg and .rc into a single .exe In some situation I need to save one of the resources (icon) to a bitmap file from the program.

[Antonio Linares]

Open the EXE with the resources editor and save the icon

[nageswaragunupudi]

If you want to save an Icon resource to an icon file "filename.ico"

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hIcon := LoadIcon( GetResources(), cResIcoName )
FW_SaveHIconToIco( hIcon, "name.ico" )

If you want to save any image resource to a file of the same type or different type:
Ex. Save bmp resource as bmp file.

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FW_SaveImage( BmpResourceName, "name.bmp" )

Ex. Save bmp resource as PNG file.

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FW_SaveImage( BmpResourceName, "name.png" )

This reads bitmap image from the resource, converts to png image and saves as png image.

[nageswaragunupudi]

Sample:

Using this rc file:
"saveres.rc"

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BOOKSICO ICON "..\icons\books.ico"
CHARTICO ICON "..\icons\chart.ico"
USERSICO ICON "..\icons\users.ico"
SEA   BITMAP "..\bitmaps\sea.bmp"
OLGA  10  "..\bitmaps\olga1.jpg"

build and run this sample program in the fwh\samples folder:

"saveres.prg"

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#include "fivewin.ch"

function Main()

   local oWnd, oIco, oBar, oBtn

   DEFINE ICON oIco RESOURCE "BOOKSICO"
   DEFINE WINDOW oWnd ICON oIco SIZE 600,400 PIXEL
   DEFINE BUTTONBAR oBar SIZE 140,30 2007

   DEFINE BUTTON OF oBar PROMPT "OLGA.JPG->PNG" CENTER ACTION ( ;
      FW_SaveImage( "OLGA", "olga.png" ), XImage( "olga.png" ) )

   DEFINE BUTTON OF oBar PROMPT "SEA.BMP->JPG" CENTER ACTION ( ;
      FW_SaveImage( "SEA", "sea.jpg", 100 ), XImage( "sea.jpg" ) )

   DEFINE BUTTON OF oBar PROMPT "SAVE-ICO" CENTER ACTION ( ;
      FW_SaveHIconToIco( LoadIcon( GetResources(), "BOOKSICO" ), "books2.ico" ), ;
      XImage( "books2.ico" ) )

   ACTIVATE WINDOW oWnd CENTERED

return nil

[Natter]

Thank you ! That's just what I need.