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Loading icons from a DLL file?
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Description
Windows defines some native icons bundled in DLL files. I'm talking about these specifically: https://www.digitalcitizen.life/where-find-most-windows-10s-native-icons/
Is there a way in Pillow to open/load a selected icon from one of these files? I can't find anything specific to it being possible, and obviously loading the DLL file directly doesn't work (PIL.UnidentifiedImageError). If not, it'd be cool to add some support for it.
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Research direction
No file or test is named in the issue. Start by reviewing Pillow's existing image-loading entry points and any Windows-specific handling, then determine how a selected icon in a DLL could be represented. Done means the supported DLL/icon cases are defined and a selected native icon can be loaded as a Pillow image with tests.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
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- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100