(WORKAROUND) Task Dialog with ImageManager

I have some icons loaded into an ImageManager control, on same Form as TaskDialog control, but I cannot get the Dialog to show icons from the Image Manager.  Here is what I am trying:

TaskDialog.MainIcon = xtpTaskIconCustom
TaskDialog.MainIconHandle = ImageManager.Icons.GetImage(100, 16).Handle




The TaskDialog displays my text and works OK, but no icon. Can you tell me what is wrong?

Thanks to Aaron for explaining I need to use an intermediate Object.

Thanks Aaron, that works fine.

I had previously tried dropping a PictureBox on the form and using:
   Set Picture1.Picture = ImageManager.Icons.GetImage(ID, 32).CreatePicture(xtpImageNormal)
   TaskDialog.MainIconHandle = Picture1.Image.Handle

The PictureBox correctly displayed the icon, but TaskDialog did not.

So as you suggest I tried using:
    Dim Pic as Object
    Set Pic = ImageManager.Icons.GetImage(ID, 32).CreatePicture(xtpImageNormal)        ' Exactly same as above
    TaskDialog.MainIconHandle = Pic.Handle

And TaskDialog now correctly shows the icon. :-)


?? I do not understand why my
  TaskDialog.MainIconHandle = ImageManager.Icons.GetImage(ID, 32).CreatePicture(xtpImageNormal).Handle
      does not work  (ie. without going through the intermediate Object).

Anyway, problem solved. THANK YOU Aaron.

Hi Chris,

chrisABC wrote: Thanks Aaron, that works fine. I had previously tried dropping a PictureBox on the form and using:    Set Picture1.Picture = ImageManager.Icons.GetImage(ID, 32).CreatePicture(xtpImageNormal)    TaskDialog.MainIconHandle = Picture1.Image.Handle ?? I do not understand why my   TaskDialog.MainIconHandle = ImageManager.Icons.GetImage(ID, 32).CreatePicture(xtpImageNormal).Handle       does not work  (ie. without going through the intermediate Object).

1. You have to replace Image with Picture
2. Oleg said and I quote:
   "As we wrote in release notes for 11.2.1, ImageManager now have only 2 GDI Bitmaps that contains all icons. So developers can have 1000 icons in single image manager and don't worry about GDI objects number. So now Handle return common bitmap handle :( "             So .Handle returns the BitmapHandle and will be always the same.