
Using UpdateResource in C#
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Feb 22nd, 2012 | syntax:
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class IconChanger
{
[DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
static extern IntPtr BeginUpdateResource(string pFileName,
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]bool bDeleteExistingResources);
[DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
static extern bool UpdateResource(IntPtr hUpdate, string lpType, string lpName, ushort wLanguage,
IntPtr lpData, uint cbData);
[DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
static extern bool EndUpdateResource(IntPtr hUpdate, bool fDiscard);
public enum ICResult
{
Success,
FailBegin,
FailUpdate,
FailEnd
}
public ICResult ChangeIcon(string exeFilePath, byte[] iconData)
{
// Load executable
IntPtr handleExe = BeginUpdateResource(exeFilePath, false);
if (handleExe == null)
return ICResult.FailBegin;
// Get language identifier
CultureInfo currentCulture = CultureInfo.CurrentCulture;
int pid = ((ushort)currentCulture.LCID) & 0x3ff;
int sid = ((ushort)currentCulture.LCID) >> 10;
ushort languageID = (ushort)((((ushort)pid) << 10) | ((ushort)sid));
// Get pointer to data
GCHandle iconHandle = GCHandle.Alloc(iconData, GCHandleType.Pinned);
// Replace the icon
if (UpdateResource(handleExe, "#3", "#1", languageID, iconHandle.AddrOfPinnedObject(), (uint)iconData.Length))
{
if (EndUpdateResource(handleExe, false))
return ICResult.Success;
else
return ICResult.FailEnd;
}
else
return ICResult.FailUpdate;
}
}