Where are windows forms controls icons stored?

Hi all...

I have a custom control that I want to assign an icon that is similar to the icon of a control already present in VS 2005 toolbox but with a little change so I need to create a copy of it and made the modifications.

I was searching for all Windows.Forms DLL's but I couldn't find them.

Can you point me to the right file that stores these resources

Thanks

Jaime

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Where are windows forms controls icons stored?

Ori'
Get the reflector: http://www.aisto.com/roeder/dotnet/

Then use the reflector to open System.Windows.Forms.dll, you should see all the toolbox icons in BMP format under the Resources folder. The reflector can extract them for you, so you can edit it later.

Regards,

-chris
jackie-xu
If all you want is to use the stock icon for the control that you've inherited then it's as simple as applying an attribute.

[ToolboxBitmap(typeof(System.Windows.Forms.TabControl))]
public class TabControl : System.Windows.Forms.TabControl

Edit: I suppose I should read the question before I answer
Mark Eliason

Why not post the solution here
MJSaims

Hi Itzik..

I knew about VS2005ImageLibrary but when I looked for the icons I was searching for, I found only command icons, not toolbox icons. I searched in all directories and maybe I am a little blind :-)

My experience in resources and specially developing using Visual C++ make me to be sure that those icons are stored in a DLL or in an EXE and they can be retrieved using programs such as Microangelo. For example, by using Microangelo I could get all toolbar icons belonging to Microsoft Office toolbar.

The fact is that I was looking using that icon tool for all more obvious .NET framework DLL's but I could find any icons there, or maybe they are protected so that they are hidden to those kind of programs.

could a Microsoft programmer clarify this perhaps :-)

Thanks

Jaime
Terje Myklebust
I have it in my office

Send an email to me

itzik.katzav@softwear.co.il

or to eli gazit

eli.gazit@softwear.co.il

and we will send you the answer first thing in the morning, if eli is online i will ask him to answer u the question here
Paul732887
Don't be mad I was trying to help him and make sure that he will remind me:

here is the path

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\VS2005ImageLibrary

make sure you have the new VS version 2005
Binou

Yes.. you should :-)
Tim Goodwin
Hehe... I'm not mad! I was just hoping you'd post the solution here instead of taking it offline. ;)
Where are windows forms controls icons stored?

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