Extract an icon from an Windows application and paint on a Form

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This tip shows how to extract the associated icon and draw it into a small area of the form (e.g. Notepad icon)?

 

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject) ;
var
  IconIndex : word;
  h : hIcon;
begin
  IconIndex := 0;
  h:=ExtractAssociatedIcon(hInstance,'C:WINDOWSNOTEPAD.EXE', IconIndex) ;
  DrawIcon(Form1.Canvas.Handle, 10, 10, h) ;
end;
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