How to load a Windows icon using a pixel buffer?

Question

I\'m trying to create a Windows-compatible icon using a pixel buffer. The Surface class loads an image and saves it as an unsigned int array internally (0xRRGGBB).

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Answer 1

Use CreateIcon if you want to pass the raw bytes data from the AND and XOR mask.

If instead you want to be able to use HBITMAPs, you can use CreateIconIndirect. Using this API, you can can even create icons with an alpha channel if you so desire.

Answer 2

Take a look at this class taken from koders.com

It provides methods for

LPICONRESOURCE ReadIconFromICOFile( LPCTSTR szFileName )

and

LPICONRESOURCE ReadIconFromEXEFile( LPCTSTR szFileName )