# Function Reference

# _WinAPI_ShellGetIconOverlayIndex

Retrieves the index of the overlay icon in the system image list

#include <WinAPIShellEx.au3>
_WinAPI_ShellGetIconOverlayIndex ( $sIcon, $iIndex )

## Parameters

$sIcon | The fully qualified path of the file that contains the icon.
$iIndex | The index of the icon. To request a standard overlay icon, set the path to an empty string, and index to one of the following values. $IDO_SHGIOI_LINK $IDO_SHGIOI_SHARE $IDO_SHGIOI_SLOWFILE Windows 7 or later $IDO_SHGIOI_DEFAULT

## Return Value

Success: | The index of the overlay icon.
Failure: | (-1).

## Remarks

To use this function, you must call _WinAPI_FileIconInit() at application launch.

## Related

_WinAPI_FileIconInit

## See Also

Search SHGetIconOverlayIndex in MSDN Library.