This is the code that I use to perform this task.
Note that I am assuming that the original icon uses 32 bit colour, with alpha channel. That's reasonable in the settings that I use this code, but I can't be sure whether or not it's reasonable for you.
uses
Windows, Graphics;
function CreateIconFromSmallerIcon(IconSize: Integer; SmallerIcon: HICON): HICON;
procedure GetDIBheaderAndBits(bmp: HBITMAP; out bih: BITMAPINFOHEADER; out bits: Pointer);
var
pbih: ^BITMAPINFOHEADER;
bihSize, bitsSize: DWORD;
begin
bits := nil;
GetDIBSizes(bmp, bihSize, bitsSize);
pbih := AllocMem(bihSize);
Try
bits := AllocMem(bitsSize);
GetDIB(bmp, 0, pbih^, bits^);
if pbih.biSize<SizeOf(bih) then begin
FreeMem(bits);
bits := nil;
exit;
end;
bih := pbih^;
Finally
FreeMem(pbih);
End;
end;
procedure InitialiseBitmapInfoHeader(var bih: BITMAPINFOHEADER);
begin
bih.biSize := SizeOf(BITMAPINFOHEADER);
bih.biWidth := IconSize;
bih.biHeight := 2*IconSize;//height of xor bitmap plus height of and bitmap
bih.biPlanes := 1;
bih.biBitCount := 32;
bih.biCompression := BI_RGB;
end;
procedure CreateXORbitmap(const sbih, dbih: BITMAPINFOHEADER; sptr, dptr: PDWORD);
var
line, xOffset, yOffset: Integer;
begin
xOffset := (IconSize-sbih.biWidth) div 2;
yOffset := (IconSize-sbih.biHeight) div 2;
inc(dptr, xOffset + IconSize*yOffset);
for line := 0 to sbih.biHeight-1 do begin
Move(sptr^, dptr^, sbih.biWidth*SizeOf(DWORD));
inc(dptr, IconSize);//relies on the fact that no padding is needed for RGBA scanlines
inc(sptr, sbih.biWidth);//likewise
end;
end;
var
SmallerIconInfo: TIconInfo;
sBits, xorBits: PDWORD;
xorScanSize, andScanSize: Integer;
xorBitsSize, andBitsSize: Integer;
sbih: BITMAPINFOHEADER;
dbih: ^BITMAPINFOHEADER;
resbitsSize: DWORD;
resbits: Pointer;
begin
Result := 0;
Try
if not GetIconInfo(SmallerIcon, SmallerIconInfo) then begin
exit;
end;
Try
GetDIBheaderAndBits(SmallerIconInfo.hbmColor, sbih, Pointer(sBits));
if Assigned(sBits) then begin
Try
if (sbih.biWidth>IconSize) or (sbih.biHeight>IconSize) or (sbih.biPlanes<>1) or (sbih.biBitCount<>32) then begin
exit;
end;
xorScanSize := BytesPerScanline(IconSize, 32, 32);
Assert(xorScanSize=SizeOf(DWORD)*IconSize);
andScanSize := BytesPerScanline(IconSize, 1, 32);
xorBitsSize := IconSize*xorScanSize;
andBitsSize := IconSize*andScanSize;
resbitsSize := SizeOf(BITMAPINFOHEADER) + xorBitsSize + andBitsSize;
resbits := AllocMem(resbitsSize);//AllocMem zeroises the memory
Try
dbih := resbits;
InitialiseBitmapInfoHeader(dbih^);
xorBits := resbits;
inc(PByte(xorBits), SizeOf(BITMAPINFOHEADER));
CreateXORbitmap(sbih, dbih^, sBits, xorBits);
//don't need to fill in the mask bitmap when using RGBA
Result := CreateIconFromResourceEx(resbits, resbitsSize, True, $00030000, IconSize, IconSize, LR_DEFAULTCOLOR);
Finally
FreeMem(resbits);
End;
Finally
FreeMem(sBits);
End;
end;
Finally
if SmallerIconInfo.hbmMask<>0 then begin
DeleteObject(SmallerIconInfo.hbmMask);
end;
if SmallerIconInfo.hbmColor<>0 then begin
DeleteObject(SmallerIconInfo.hbmColor);
end;
End;
Finally
DestroyIcon(SmallerIcon);
End;
end;