How can I save the HICON as file in Go - windows

Question

I can get the HICON with ExtractIconW
for example:
package main
import (
"log"
"syscall"
"unsafe"
)
func MakeIntResource(id uintptr) *uint16 {
return (*uint16)(unsafe.Pointer(id))
}
const IDI_QUESTION = 32514
func main() {
user32Dll := syscall.NewLazyDLL("User32.dll")
procLoadIconW := user32Dll.NewProc("LoadIconW")
hIcon, _, _ := syscall.SyscallN(procLoadIconW.Addr(),
0, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(MakeIntResource(IDI_QUESTION))),
)
log.Println(hIcon)
}
But I don't know what I should do next to save HICON as a file (bitmap format is enough).

Answer 1

A real .ico file usually contains multiple images of different sizes while a HICON is just a single image.
If the goal is to copy the original icon then you must LoadLibraryEx as a datafile and then use the resource functions to first find the RT_GROUP_ICON and once you have that you know the RT_ICON ids and you can extract the sub-images and write your .ico.
If you still think you want to save a HICON, call GetIconInfo to get the image.
There are no low-level Windows functions to write .ico files. You can try GDI+ or WIC or write them yourself. The file format is very close to the resource format (stores a file offset instead of a resource id).
A guide to Windows icon formats starts here...

Answer 2

The following code is an example which writing by go, and it saves one of the resources to a bitmap file.
// Step:
// get HICON
// get ICONINFO from HICON
// get Bitmap from ICONINFO
// save Bitmap to a File
// Note: To make the example look simple, I ignore all possible errors handling.
func Example_saveFileIconAsBitmap() {
user32dll := w32.NewUser32DLL()
kernel32dll := w32.NewKernel32DLL()
gdi32dll := w32.NewGdi32DLL()
var hIcon w32.HICON
{
// Because I already know the iconID(myResourceID) I want, I can load it directly.
// If you want to find the appropriate iconID after searching through RT_GROUP_ICON you can refer to this example:
// https://github.com/CarsonSlovoka/go-pkg/blob/34e5d2c1fc97bf149bf626acaaf8773fe1509d64/v2/w32/kernel32_func_test.go#L331-L353
hmExe := kernel32dll.LoadLibrary("./testdata/exe/writeWithFont.exe") // writeWithFont.exe is in here: https://github.com/CarsonSlovoka/go-pkg/tree/983a2c1/v2/w32/testdata/exe
myResourceID := uintptr(1) // You can use resourceHacker.exe to help you find the ID.
hRes, _ := kernel32dll.FindResource(hmExe,
w32.MakeIntResource(myResourceID),
w32.MakeIntResource(w32.RT_ICON),
)
hMem, _ := kernel32dll.LoadResource(hmExe, hRes)
lpResource := kernel32dll.LockResource(hMem)
hIcon = user32dll.CreateIconFromResourceEx(lpResource,
kernel32dll.MustSizeofResource(hmExe, hRes), true, 0x00030000,
32, 32, // size X, Y
w32.LR_DEFAULTCOLOR,
)
}
var iInfo w32.ICONINFO
{
if !user32dll.GetIconInfo(hIcon, &iInfo) {
return
}
// Remember to release when you are not using the HBITMAP.
defer func() {
_ = gdi32dll.DeleteObject(w32.HGDIOBJ(iInfo.HbmColor))
_ = gdi32dll.DeleteObject(w32.HGDIOBJ(iInfo.HbmMask))
}()
}
bmp := w32.Bitmap{}
{
// Create BITMAP by ICONINFO
gdi32dll.GetObject(w32.HANDLE(iInfo.HbmColor), int32(unsafe.Sizeof(bmp)), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&bmp)))
}
// Save Bitmap to a file.
var (
bitmapFileHeader w32.BitmapFileHeader // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMP_file_format#Bitmap_file_header
bitmapInfoHeader w32.BitmapInfoHeader // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMP_file_format#DIB_header_(bitmap_information_header)
)
{
bitmapInfoHeader = w32.BitmapInfoHeader{
Size: uint32(unsafe.Sizeof(bitmapInfoHeader)), // 40
Width: bmp.Width, Height: bmp.Height,
Planes: 1,
BitCount: 32,
Compression: w32.BI_RGB,
}
bmpSize := ((bmp.Width*int32(bitmapInfoHeader.BitCount) + 31) / 32) * 4 /* uint32 */ * bmp.Height // see the wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMP_file_format#Pixel_storage
sizeofDIB := 14 + uint32(unsafe.Sizeof(bitmapInfoHeader)) + uint32(bmpSize)
bitmapFileHeader = w32.BitmapFileHeader{
Type: 0x4D42, // BM. // B: 42, M: 4D // All of the integer values are stored in little-endian format
Size: sizeofDIB, // HEADER + INFO + DATA
OffsetBits: 14 + uint32(unsafe.Sizeof(bitmapInfoHeader)),
}
hdc := user32dll.GetDC(0)
var lpBitmap w32.LPVOID
hDIB, _ := kernel32dll.GlobalAlloc(w32.GHND, w32.SIZE_T(bmpSize))
lpBitmap, _ = kernel32dll.GlobalLock(hDIB)
defer func() {
kernel32dll.GlobalUnlock(hDIB)
kernel32dll.GlobalFree(hDIB)
}()
gdi32dll.GetDIBits(
hdc, iInfo.HbmColor,
0,
w32.UINT(bmp.Height),
lpBitmap, // [out]
&w32.BitmapInfo{Header: bitmapInfoHeader},
w32.DIB_RGB_COLORS,
)
outputBmpPath := "testdata/temp001.bmp"
// Write: FileHeader, DIPHeader, bitmapData
{
f, _ := os.Create(outputBmpPath)
defer func() {
_ = os.Remove(outputBmpPath) // Remove test data. If you want to see the result, delete this line to see the final data.
}()
// FileHeader
_ = binary.Write(f, binary.LittleEndian, bitmapFileHeader)
// DIP Header
_ = binary.Write(f, binary.LittleEndian, bitmapInfoHeader)
// bitmapData
bmpDatas := make([]byte, sizeofDIB)
var offset uint32 = 0
for offset = 0; offset < sizeofDIB; offset += 1 {
curByteAddr := unsafe.Pointer(uintptr(lpBitmap) + uintptr(offset))
bmpDatas[offset] = *(*byte)(curByteAddr)
}
_ = binary.Write(f, binary.LittleEndian, bmpDatas)
_ = f.Close()
}
}
// Output:
}
Above code is part of a third-party library, but no other third-party resources are used.
It is no longer written as a single file because winapi has too many constants, variables, and types, and the declaration of the DLL is also very tedious.
If you are interested, you can download this library back. Its packaging is very simple. If you do not like to use other third parties to capture the relevant variables can be done.
The following pictures will help you understand the meaning of the parameters of MAKEINTRESOURCE more easily.