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Display icon from the local resources in C++CLI

I want to display one of my icons (.ico files), which are in .resx file. This way it works with images but I can't figure out how to do it with icons. This way it works to display system icon:

    System::Drawing::Icon^ officialicon = gcnew System::Drawing::Icon(SystemIcons::Exclamation, 48,48);
    IconPictureBox->Image = officialicon->ToBitmap();

But I can't make it work like this:

    ResourceManager^ rm = gcnew ResourceManager("Control_Panel.Resource", GetType()->Assembly);
    System::Drawing::Icon^ officialicon = gcnew System::Drawing::Icon(rm->GetObject(L"MyIcon"), 48,48);
    IconPictureBox->Image = officialicon->ToBitmap();

Do I need some kind of cast from System::Object to System::Drawing::Icon?

Solution

  • Cast it to System::Drawing::Icon: safe_cast<System::Drawing::Icon^>