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Setting custom toolwindow icon for Visual Studio add-in

Posted on : 12-08-2009 | By : Utkarsh Shigihalli | In : .net, programming, vsx

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I recently completed a minor update to my Favorites Menu for Visual Studio add-in. The new installer is already put under ‘My Development’ section on my site.

The update includes a minor bug fix i.e, toolwindow icon is not set properly inside Visual Studio 2008. I do not remember from where I got the following code, but this worked for me.

Paste the below code in to a Utililty.cs

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public class MyIcon
{
	private static Color GuessTransparentColor(Bitmap bitmap)
	{
		Color pixel = bitmap.GetPixel(0, 0);
		Color color2 = bitmap.GetPixel(bitmap.Width - 1, 0);
		Color color3 = bitmap.GetPixel(0, bitmap.Height - 1);
		Color color4 = bitmap.GetPixel(bitmap.Width - 1, bitmap.Height - 1);
		if (pixel == color2)
		{
			return pixel;
		}
		if (color2 == color3)
		{
			return color2;
		}
		if (color3 == color4)
		{
			return color3;
		}
		return color4;
	}
	public static Bitmap PrepareImage(Image image, Color transparentColor)
	{
		Bitmap bitmap = new Bitmap(image);
		Bitmap bitmap2 = new Bitmap(0x10, 0x10, PixelFormat.Format24bppRgb);
		Color color = guessTransparentColor(bitmap);
		for (int i = 0; i < bitmap2.Width; i++)
		{
			for (int j = 0; j < bitmap2.Height; j++)
			{
				Color baseColor = color;
				if ((i < bitmap.Width) && (j < bitmap.Height))
				{
					baseColor = bitmap.GetPixel(i, j);
				}
				baseColor = Color.FromArgb(0xff, baseColor);
				if (baseColor != color)
				{
					bitmap2.SetPixel(i, j, baseColor);
				}
				else if ((transparentColor != color) && (baseColor == transparentColor))
				{
					if (baseColor.R > 0)
					{
						bitmap2.SetPixel(i, j, Color.FromArgb(baseColor.R - 1, baseColor.G, baseColor.B));
					}
					else
					{
						bitmap2.SetPixel(i, j, Color.FromArgb(baseColor.R + 1, baseColor.G, baseColor.B));
					}
				}
				else
				{
					bitmap2.SetPixel(i, j, transparentColor);
				}
			}
		}
		return bitmap2;
	}
	public static Bitmap PrepareImage(Bitmap image, Color transparentColor)
	{
		Bitmap bitmap = new Bitmap(image);
		Bitmap bitmap2 = new Bitmap(0x10, 0x10, PixelFormat.Format24bppRgb);
		Color color = guessTransparentColor(bitmap);
		for (int i = 0; i < bitmap2.Width; i++)
		{
			for (int j = 0; j < bitmap2.Height; j++)
			{
				Color baseColor = color;
				if ((i < bitmap.Width) && (j < bitmap.Height))
				{
					baseColor = bitmap.GetPixel(i, j);
				}
				baseColor = Color.FromArgb(0xff, baseColor);
				if (baseColor != color)
				{
					bitmap2.SetPixel(i, j, baseColor);
				}
				else if ((transparentColor != color) && (baseColor == transparentColor))
				{
					if (baseColor.R > 0)
					{
						bitmap2.SetPixel(i, j, Color.FromArgb(baseColor.R - 1, baseColor.G, baseColor.B));
					}
					else
					{
						bitmap2.SetPixel(i, j, Color.FromArgb(baseColor.R + 1, baseColor.G, baseColor.B));
					}
				}
				else
				{
					bitmap2.SetPixel(i, j, transparentColor);
				}
			}
		}
		return bitmap2;
	}
	public static Bitmap PrepareMask(Image image)
	{
		Bitmap bitmap = new Bitmap(image);
		Bitmap bitmap2 = new Bitmap(0x10, 0x10, PixelFormat.Format24bppRgb);
		Color color = guessTransparentColor(bitmap);
		for (int i = 0; i < image.Width; i++)
		{
			for (int j = 0; j < image.Height; j++)
			{
				Color pixel = bitmap.GetPixel(i, j);
				Color color3 = ((pixel == color) || (pixel.A < 0xff)) ? Color.White : Color.Black;
				bitmap2.SetPixel(i, j, color3);
			}
		}
		return bitmap2;
	}
	[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
	private struct SHFILEINFO
	{
		public IntPtr hIcon;
		public int iIcon;
		public int dwAttributes;
		[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValArray, SizeConst = 0x100)]
		public char[] szDisplayName;
		[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValArray, SizeConst = 80)]
		public char[] szTypeName;
	}
	public static Icon GetIconFromFile(string path)
	{
		SHFILEINFO psfi = new SHFILEINFO();
		SHGetFileInfo(path, 0x80, ref psfi, Marshal.SizeOf(psfi), 0x111);
		return Icon.FromHandle(psfi.hIcon);
	}
	[DllImport("shell32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
	private static extern IntPtr SHGetFileInfo(string pszPath, int dwFileAttributes, ref SHFILEINFO psfi, int cbFileInfo, int uFlags);
	[DllImport("oleaut32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, SetLastError = true)]
	internal static extern int OleLoadPictureFile(object fileName, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.IDispatch)] ref object iPictureDisp);
	public static Color VS_MENUCOLOR = Color.FromArgb(0xec, 0xe9, 0xd8);
	public static Color VS2005_COLOR = Color.FromArgb(0, 254, 0);
	public static Image GetImageFromAnyFormat(string path)
	{
		string str = path.ToLower();
		if (str.EndsWith(".exe") || str.EndsWith(".ico"))
		{
			return GetIconFromFile(path).ToBitmap();
		}
		return Image.FromFile(path, true);
	}
	protected static object OleLoadPictureFile(string fileName)
	{
		object iPictureDisp = null;
		OleLoadPictureFile(fileName, ref iPictureDisp);
		return iPictureDisp;
	}
	public static StdPicture CreatePictureDisp(Image image)
	{
		return (StdPicture)ImageConverter.GetIPictureDispFromImage(image);
	}
}
class ImageConverter : AxHost
{
	internal ImageConverter()
	: base("52D64AAC-29C1-CAC8-BB3A-115F0D3D77CB")
	{
	}
	public static IPictureDisp GetIPictureDispFromImage(Image image)
	{
		return (IPictureDisp)AxHost.GetIPictureDispFromPicture(image);
	}
}

Usage:

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if (string.Equals(@"Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0", _applicationObject.RegistryRoot))
{
	//If VS 2005
	_myFavoritesWindow.SetTabPicture(Resources.favicon.GetHbitmap());
}
else
{
	//If VS 2008
       _myFavoritesWindow.SetTabPicture(MyIcon.CreatePictureDisp(MyIcon.PrepareImage(Resources.favicon, MyIcon.VS_MENUCOLOR)));
}

Note:
1. The code above is not tested extensively on different machines.

2. Before using the above code you can check a nice article by Carlos Quintero. He has also written how the icon can be set for Visual Studio 2010 toolwindow.

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