Resize System Icon for ErrorProvider - icons

Question

I am trying to resize a SystemIcon for use within a ErrorProvider.
Dim WarnProvider As New ErrorProvider
WarnProvider.BlinkStyle = ErrorBlinkStyle.NeverBlink
WarnProvider.Icon = SystemIcons.Information.Clone()
WarnProvider.Icon.Size = New Size(16,16)
But the SystemIcons has the size set as a read only property.
Been messing with it for the past hour and have not found any good methods to make this work.
Can someone help?
Thanks

Answer 1

I was looking for the a method to do this as well, and came across this post. Here's what I ended up doing to resolve the issue.
I created a global static method to resize an icon.
public static class Global
{
public static Icon ResizeIcon( Icon icon, Size size )
{
Bitmap bitmap = new Bitmap(size.Width,size.Height);
using( Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(bitmap) )
{
g.InterpolationMode = System.Drawing.Drawing2D.InterpolationMode.HighQualityBicubic;
g.DrawImage(icon.ToBitmap(), new Rectangle(Point.Empty,size));
}
return Icon.FromHandle(bitmap.GetHicon());
}
}
Then I applied the icon in the constructor of the form after InitializeComponent() was called.
public SpecificationsDialog( int pid )
{
InitializeComponent();
warningProvider1.Icon = Global.ResizeIcon(SystemIcons.Warning,SystemInformation.SmallIconSize);
}

Answer 2

I was looking for the same thing and found the answer elsewhere, so I'll post here
http://www.codeproject.com/Questions/242780/error-provider-problem
WarnProvider.Icon = new Icon (SystemIcons.Warning, 16, 16);
or
WarnProvider.Icon = new Icon (WarnProvider.Icon, 16, 16);

Answer 3

I changed Drew's solution a little to be an extension method for the errorprovider:
public static ErrorProvider SetIcon(this ErrorProvider errorProvider, Icon icon, Size size)
{
Bitmap bitmap = new Bitmap(size.Width, size.Height);
using (Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(bitmap))
{
g.InterpolationMode = System.Drawing.Drawing2D.InterpolationMode.HighQualityBicubic;
g.DrawImage(icon.ToBitmap(), new Rectangle(Point.Empty, size));
}
errorProvider.Icon = Icon.FromHandle(bitmap.GetHicon());
return errorProvider;
}
Then it's can be used like so:
ErrorProvider ep = new ErrorProvider();
ep.SetIcon(SystemIcons.Asterisk, new Size(16,16));