Trouble visualizing 2 icon formats

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   (Using version 10.1)

I have an .ico file with 2 formats within: A 16x16 icon and a 24x24 icon, both with a color depth of 256. I intend to use both icon formats from this file using the following procedure:

1) Load the icon file into the Resource File associated to my VB 6 project.
2) Instantiate a StdPicture object from the resource file using the LoadResPicture() function.
3) Pass the handle of the icon to the ShortcutBar control from the StdPicture object.

I would expect the shortcutbar control to show both icon formats accordingly, but the 16x16 format is shown in the 24x24 place (a non-hidden item) and this format is shrinken in order to show it the 16x16 place (a hidden item);  that is, the 24x24 format is ignored.

Is this a normal behaviour of the ShortcutBar control? How can I show both icon formats from the same file?

Thanks a lot in advanced.

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EMoscosoCam Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 15 August 2006 Location: Peru Status: Offline Points: 10	Post Options Post Reply Quote EMoscosoCam Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Trouble visualizing 2 icon formats Posted: 25 August 2006 at 3:57pm
	(Using version 10.1) I have an .ico file with 2 formats within: A 16x16 icon and a 24x24 icon, both with a color depth of 256. I intend to use both icon formats from this file using the following procedure: 1) Load the icon file into the Resource File associated to my VB 6 project. 2) Instantiate a StdPicture object from the resource file using the LoadResPicture() function. 3) Pass the handle of the icon to the ShortcutBar control from the StdPicture object. I would expect the shortcutbar control to show both icon formats accordingly, but the 16x16 format is shown in the 24x24 place (a non-hidden item) and this format is shrinken in order to show it the 16x16 place (a hidden item); that is, the 24x24 format is ignored. Is this a normal behaviour of the ShortcutBar control? How can I show both icon formats from the same file? Thanks a lot in advanced.

Oleg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 21 May 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11234	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oleg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 25 August 2006 at 8:46pm
	Hi, StdPicture can't load 2 icons, so it load only one icon and pass its handle to ShortcutBar. As solution divide Icon to 2 icons.
	Oleg, Support Team CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

EMoscosoCam Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 15 August 2006 Location: Peru Status: Offline Points: 10	Post Options Post Reply Quote EMoscosoCam Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 25 August 2006 at 11:27pm
	Thanks a lot for your reply. Since an item has only a single IconHandle property, how can I pass a handle for 2 icon formats?

Oleg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 21 May 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11234	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oleg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 25 August 2006 at 11:33pm
	As I wrote you can't - StdPicture can hold only 1 handle.... create 2 icons - myiconssmall.ico + myiconlarge.ico
	Oleg, Support Team CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS