VB.NET 2008 - Get Desktop Icons Text Width & Text Height


I am developing an application in VB.NET 2008, in which I try to get Desktop Icons Text Width & Text Height.

So far I have obtained all desktop icons positions, but I really can't figure by myself how to get Desktop Icons Text Width & Text Height.

Here is the VB.NET 2008 code that I use:

Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices

Module mdlDesktopIcons

    Private Const STANDARD_RIGHTS_REQUIRED As Integer = &HF0000
    Private Const SECTION_QUERY As Integer = &H1S
    Private Const SECTION_MAP_WRITE As Integer = &H2S
    Private Const SECTION_MAP_READ As Integer = &H4S
    Private Const SECTION_MAP_EXECUTE As Integer = &H8S
    Private Const SECTION_EXTEND_SIZE As Integer = &H10S
    Private Const SECTION_ALL_ACCESS As Integer = STANDARD_RIGHTS_REQUIRED Or SECTION_QUERY Or SECTION_MAP_WRITE Or SECTION_MAP_READ Or SECTION_MAP_EXECUTE Or SECTION_EXTEND_SIZE

    Public Declare Function OpenProcess Lib "kernel32" (ByVal dwDesiredAccess As Integer, ByVal bInheritHandle As Integer, ByVal dwProcessId As Integer) As IntPtr

    Private Const PROCESS_VM_OPERATION As Integer = &H8S
    Private Const PROCESS_VM_READ As Integer = &H10S
    Private Const PROCESS_VM_WRITE As Integer = &H20S

    Public Declare Function VirtualAllocEx Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hProcess As IntPtr, ByVal lpAddress As Integer, ByVal dwSize As Integer, ByVal flAllocationType As Integer, ByVal flProtect As Integer) As IntPtr
    Public Declare Function VirtualFreeEx Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hProcess As IntPtr, ByVal lpAddress As IntPtr, ByVal dwSize As Integer, ByVal dwFreeType As Integer) As Integer
    Public Declare Function CloseHandle Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hObject As IntPtr) As Integer

    Public Const MEM_COMMIT As Integer = &H1000S
    Private Const MEM_RESERVE As Integer = &H2000S
    Public Const MEM_RELEASE As Integer = &H8000S

    Public Const PAGE_READWRITE As Integer = &H4

    Public Function GetMemSharedNT(ByVal pid As Integer, ByVal memSize As Integer, ByRef hProcess As IntPtr) As IntPtr
        hProcess = OpenProcess(PROCESS_VM_OPERATION Or PROCESS_VM_READ Or PROCESS_VM_WRITE, 0, pid)
        GetMemSharedNT = VirtualAllocEx(hProcess, 0, memSize, MEM_RESERVE Or MEM_COMMIT, PAGE_READWRITE)
    End Function

    Public Sub FreeMemSharedNT(ByVal hProcess As IntPtr, ByVal MemAddress As IntPtr, ByVal memSize As Integer)
        VirtualFreeEx(hProcess, MemAddress, memSize, MEM_RELEASE)
        CloseHandle(hProcess)
    End Sub

    Public Structure POINTAPI
        Dim x As Integer
        Dim y As Integer
    End Structure

    Private Declare Function FindWindow Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowA" (ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String) As IntPtr
    Private Declare Function FindWindowEx Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowExA" (ByVal hWndParent As IntPtr, ByVal hWndChildAfter As Integer, ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String) As IntPtr
    Private Declare Function GetWindowThreadProcessId Lib "user32" (ByVal hWnd As IntPtr, ByRef lpdwProcessId As Integer) As IntPtr
    Private Declare Function GetWindowLong Lib "user32" Alias "GetWindowLongA" (ByVal hWnd As IntPtr, ByVal nIndex As Integer) As Integer

    Private Const GWL_STYLE As Integer = (-16)
    Private Const LVS_AUTOARRANGE As Integer = &H100S

    Private Declare Function ReadProcessMemory Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hProcess As IntPtr, ByVal lpBaseAddress As IntPtr, ByRef lpBuffer As POINTAPI, ByVal nSize As Integer, ByRef lpNumberOfBytesWritten As Integer) As Integer
    Private Declare Function WriteProcessMemory Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hProcess As IntPtr, ByVal lpBaseAddress As IntPtr, ByRef lpBuffer As POINTAPI, ByVal nSize As Integer, ByRef lpNumberOfBytesWritten As Integer) As Integer
    Private Declare Function GetParent Lib "user32" (ByVal hWnd As IntPtr) As IntPtr

    Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal hWnd As IntPtr, ByVal wMsg As Integer, ByVal wParam As Integer, ByVal lParam As Integer) As Integer
    Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal hWnd As IntPtr, ByVal wMsg As Integer, ByVal wParam As Integer, ByVal lParam As IntPtr) As Integer

    Private Const LVM_FIRST As Integer = &H1000S
    Private Const LVM_GETITEMCOUNT As Integer = (LVM_FIRST + 4)
    Private Const LVM_GETITEMPOSITION As Integer = (LVM_FIRST + 16)
    Private Const WM_COMMAND As Integer = &H111S
    Private Const IDM_TOGGLEAUTOARRANGE As Integer = &H7041S

    <StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)> Private Structure LVITEM
        Dim mask As Int32
        Dim iItem As Int32
        Dim iSubItem As Int32
        Dim state As Int32
        Dim stateMask As Int32
        Dim pszText As IntPtr
        Dim cchTextMax As Int32
        Dim iImage As Int32
        Dim lParam As Int32
        Dim iIndent As Int32
    End Structure

    Private m_OriginalPoint() As POINTAPI
    Private m_AutoArrange As Boolean

    Public Function SaveDesktop() As Boolean

        Dim lvi As LVITEM

        Dim pid As Integer
        Dim tid As IntPtr
        Dim hProcess As IntPtr
        Dim SysShared As IntPtr
        Dim dwSize As Integer
        Dim IconCount As Integer
        Dim BytesWritten As Integer
        Dim BytesRead As Integer
        Dim handleDesktop As IntPtr
        Dim styleHandle As Integer

        ' Get a handle to the desktop listview
        handleDesktop = GetSysLVHwnd()

        If handleDesktop.Equals(IntPtr.Zero) Then
            Return False
        End If

        ' Get the style of the listview
        styleHandle = GetWindowLong(handleDesktop, GWL_STYLE)

        ' If the list view is set for auto-arrange we have to turn it off for the time being
        If (styleHandle And LVS_AUTOARRANGE) = LVS_AUTOARRANGE Then
            m_AutoArrange = True

            Dim handleParent As IntPtr
            handleParent = GetParent(handleDesktop)
            SendMessage(handleParent, WM_COMMAND, IDM_TOGGLEAUTOARRANGE, 0)
        End If

        ' See how many icons there are on the desktop
        IconCount = SendMessage(handleDesktop, LVM_GETITEMCOUNT, 0, 0)

        If IconCount = 0 Then
            Return False
        End If

        ReDim m_OriginalPoint(IconCount - 1)

        dwSize = Len(m_OriginalPoint(0))

        ' Get the thread and process ids
        tid = GetWindowThreadProcessId(handleDesktop, pid)

        ' Get the position
        SysShared = GetMemSharedNT(pid, dwSize, hProcess)

        WriteProcessMemory(hProcess, SysShared, m_OriginalPoint(0), dwSize, BytesWritten)

        For i As Integer = 0 To IconCount - 1
            SendMessage(handleDesktop, LVM_GETITEMPOSITION, i, SysShared)
            ReadProcessMemory(hProcess, SysShared, m_OriginalPoint(i), dwSize, BytesRead)
        Next i

        FreeMemSharedNT(hProcess, SysShared, dwSize)

        If m_AutoArrange Then
            ' Restore auto-arrange
        End If

        Return True

    End Function

    Private Function GetSysLVHwnd() As IntPtr

        Dim lHandle As IntPtr

        lHandle = FindWindow("Progman", vbNullString)
        lHandle = FindWindowEx(lHandle, 0, "SHELLDLL_defVIEW", vbNullString)

        Return FindWindowEx(lHandle, 0, "SysListView32", vbNullString)

    End Function

End Module

I really need your help.

Sincerely,

It seems that one possible way to get the bounding rectangle of the desktop icons texts, is the explanation below, that someone have suggested me, on the following page:
(http://www.codeguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=502905)

LVM_GETSUBITEMRECT Retrieves information about the bounding rectangle for a subitem in a list-view control
LVIR_ICON Returns the bounding rectangle of the icon or small icon.
LVIR_LABEL Returns the bounding rectangle of the entire item, including the icon and label. This is identical to LVIR_BOUNDS.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...75(VS.85).aspx

This might also be useful, LVM_GETSTRINGWIDTH


Many thanks to all programmers who had time to look over my problem.

Sincerely,

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