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FolderItem.ExtractIconMBS(width as integer, ID as integer) as picture   New in 26.4

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Files MBS Picture Plugin 26.4 ❌ No ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No All
Extracts an icon from a DLL or EXE file.
Example 
Var file As FolderItem = SpecialFolder.System.Child("imageres.dll")

If file.Exists Then
  Const id = 3
  Me.Backdrop = file.ExtractIconMBS(512, id)
Else
  Break // file missing
End If

Returns nil in case of error.
Width is the desired width, so we can prefer to load a bigger icon.

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