Icons and Cursors (ICO and CUR)

LEADTOOLS reads and writes Windows Icon and Cursor files. LEADTOOLS is not designed as an icon editor, but this file support lets you create a bitmap from an icon or cursor, or create an icon or cursor from a bitmap. The library (DLL) to support these formats is the same as for BMP files.

The file constants associated with these file formats are:

Constant

Read Support

Write Support

Description

FILE_WIN_ICO

1, 4, 8, 24 BPP

1, 4, 8, 24 BPP

[91] Windows Icon.

FILE_PNG_ICO

1, 4, 8, 24, 32 BPP

1, 4, 8, 24, 32 BPP

[321] Vista PNG Icon.

FILE_WIN_CUR

1, 4, 8, 24 BPP

1, 4, 8, 24 BPP

[92] Windows Cursor.

Required DLL: LFBMP and LFPNG. For a listing of the exact DLLs needed, based on the toolkit version, refer to Files To Be Included With Your Application.

Related Formats: ANI - Windows Animated Cursor, CLP - Microsoft Windows Clipboard Format.

Platforms

Windows 2000 / XP/Vista