Having trouble creating a button on a panel

[chipwitch]

Hi All.

I've spent all day searching to no avail. 

I'm trying to create an add-in with custom button on a custom ribbon panel using a custom .ico.  Every example I find shows using iPictureDisp as the type and the LoadPicture() method.  I've searched for a com or .net to include for LoadPicture and it appears that it's deprecated, part of vb6 namespace, which I can't find on my system.  First of all, I can create the button with text only.  Visual Studio's intellisense says the LoadPicture method is "undeclared".  I'm surprised I can't find others experiencing this issue as it's also what's suggested in the updated help file.

How are you handling this issue with your add-ins?  Finding version specific solutions is a nightmare.

Windows 7 64-bit

Inventor 2013 Professional (Production ultimate suite)

Visual Studio 2010 Express / VB.net

[chipwitch · Accepted solution]

I'm still having some trouble, however, I have managed to get an icon onto a button on a panel through the add-in on a 64-bit OS.

Should anyone else have this problem, create the class in the blog below and compile with your project.  Still seems like a lot of work to get a silly picture on a button!  Thanks to the author, Philippe Leefsma for providing this solution.

http://adndevblog.typepad.com/manufacturing/2012/06/how-to-convert-iconbitmap-to-ipicturedisp-withou...