Here’s easy function for creating icon from string. I’m using it for traybar icon and for showing some usefull information on my notebook, i.e. the battery life in minutes.
private static System.Drawing.Icon DrawIcon(string IconMessage)< ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
{
Icon result = null;
try
{
Bitmap b = new Bitmap(16,16);
Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage((Image)b);
g.DrawString(IconMessage,
new Font(“Arial”, 10, FontStyle.Regular, GraphicsUnit.Pixel),
new SolidBrush(System.Drawing.Color.Black),
0,1);
result = Icon.FromHandle(b.GetHicon());
g.Dispose();
b.Dispose();
}
catch (Exception e)
{
//Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
}
return result;
}