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How to use a resource icon for Delphi JumpList icon

I have a TJumpList in my Delphi application, which is a single EXE. I would like to use icons saved to the app's resources as JumpList icons.

TJumpList only accept a TFileName string for the icon's path.

Is there any way to use a resource icon in this way, without having external icon files, or extracting resources externally at runtime?

I have tried to load from resource, but it seems it only accepts a string which is a path to an icon file.

Solution

  • Internally, TJumpListItem uses the Win32 IShellLink COM interface. That interface does not support using an icon via a resource, only via a file path.

    However, that interface does allow for specifying an icon index within an executable (EXE or DLL) file. But, TJumpListItem is hard-coded to always use index 0, no matter what kind of file is being used. There is already an open ticket about that:

    RSP-21558: IconResourceIndex not avalaible in TJumpListItem (TJumpList)