How to create icons on context menus?

[SYRAU3]

I was using this:

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#include <GDIPlus.au3>
#include <GuiMenu.au3>
#include <GuiConstantsEx.au3>

_Main()

Exit

Func _GUICtrlMenu_CreateBitmap($file, $iIndex = 0, $iX = 18, $iY = 18)
    If FileExists($file) Then
        Local $iStride = 0, $iPixelFormat = $GDIP_PXF32ARGB, $pScan0 = 0
        Local $GDIp = 1, $aRet, $hIcon, $hImage, $hBitmap, $hContext, $hIcon
        $aRet = DllCall("shell32", "long", "ExtractAssociatedIcon", "int", 0, "str", $file, "int*", $iIndex)
        If @error Then Return SetError(@error, @extended, 0)
        $hIcon = $aRet[0]
        If Not $ghGDIPDll Then
            $GDIp = 0
            _GDIPlus_Startup()
        EndIf
        $aRet = DllCall($ghGDIPDll, "int", "GdipCreateBitmapFromHICON", "ptr", $hIcon, "int*", 0)
        If @error Then Return SetError(@error, @extended, 0)
        $hImage = $aRet[2]
        _WinAPI_DestroyIcon($hIcon)
        $aRet = DllCall($ghGDIPDll, "uint", "GdipCreateBitmapFromScan0", "int", $iX, "int", $iY, "int", $iStride, "int", $iPixelFormat, "ptr", $pScan0, "int*", 0)
        If @error Then Return SetError(@error, @extended, 0)
        $hBitmap = $aRet[6]
        $hContext = _GDIPlus_ImageGetGraphicsContext($hBitmap)
        _GDIPlus_GraphicsDrawImageRect($hContext, $hImage, 0, 0, $iX, $iY)
        $hIcon = _GDIPlus_BitmapCreateHBITMAPFromBitmap($hBitmap, 0xFF000000)
        _GDIPlus_GraphicsDispose($hContext)
        _GDIPlus_BitmapDispose($hBitmap)
        _GDIPlus_BitmapDispose($hImage)
        If Not $GDIp Then _GDIPlus_Shutdown()
        Return SetError(0, 0, $hIcon)
    Else
        Return SetError(1, 0, 0)
    EndIf
EndFunc   ;==>_GUICtrlMenu_CreateBitmap


Func _Main()
    Local $hGUI, $hFile, $hEdit, $hHelp, $hMain
    Local Enum $idNew = 1000, $idOpen, $idSave, $idExit, $idCut, $idCopy, $idPaste, $idAbout
    $hGUI = GUICreate("Menu", 400, 300)
    $hFile = _GUICtrlMenu_CreateMenu()
    _GUICtrlMenu_InsertMenuItem($hFile, 0, "&New", $idNew)
    $hMain = _GUICtrlMenu_CreateMenu()
    _GUICtrlMenu_InsertMenuItem($hMain, 0, "&File", 0, $hFile)
    _GUICtrlMenu_SetMenu($hGUI, $hMain)
    GUISetState()
    Local $hBMP_File_New = _GUICtrlMenu_CreateBitmap(@systemdir & "\shell32.dll", 10)
    _GUICtrlMenu_SetItemBmp($hFile, 0, $hBMP_File_New)
    Do
    Until GUIGetMsg() = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
    Exit
EndFunc   ;==>_Main

but it's really not as good as i want.. because the icon quality is sooooooo bad...! is there any other way...?

[Yashied]

Because _GDIPlus_BitmapCreateHBITMAPFromBitmap() creates a DDB bitmap, but you need a DIB. You can use _WinAPI_Create32BitHBITMAP() from (only under Windows Vista/7).

Edited March 14, 2011 by Yashied

[GEOSoft]

I usually use Holgers owner-drawn menus to accomplish this easily.

I would look for the link but for some reason I seem to recall modifying his ModernMenuRaw.au3 file and probably so it would work with current versions of AutoIt.

If you are still interested in this you can PM me and I'll send you the file with an example of how to use it with a context menu. Actually I can send you a bit of the code from one of my current projects and that will demonstrate it as well.