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Change Image Formats in VB Net

I always wanted that the functionality to convert an image from one format to another should be available in the programming language itself. This dream has come true with .NET. There are many applications (dealing with images) in which we might want to save an image of any format in some other format (example: bmp to jpg is very common as it decreases the file size considerably without significant loss of quality). This can be done very easily in .NET.
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Convert Image to Icon and Icon to Image in VB Net

This discussion is about conversion of an image into icon and of an icon into image. Apart from the code and technique of conversion, you will find some bits on FileOpenDialog, FileSaveDialog, Exception Handling, MakeTransparent method, FileStream, IntPtr (Integer Pointer), GetHicon & FromHandle methods as well.

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