Still no easy way to set the .exe. icon?

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Chroma

(Posted 2008) [#1]

I read somewhere you can Incbin the .ico or something like that. Can someone list all the options we have for setting .exe icons please?

Thareh

(Posted 2008) [#2]

You can import an object file (.o file) with the icon included in it. (This is the best way in my opinion)
(http://homepage.ntlworld.com/config/max/appiconguide.htm)

Else you can change the icon with an application like Resource Hacker (I think it's called that atleast).

That's the two methods I know of :P

Chroma

(Posted 2008) [#3]

I believe with that method the .o file has to reside in the folder too. I would like to just incbin an .ico file and
be done with it.

I'd like to just do a:

Incbin "myicon.ico"
SetExeIcon("incbin::myicon.ico")

Mark?

Yahfree

(Posted 2008) [#4]

This is my method, though it would be really great for mark to create some sort of built in method.

http://blitzbasic.com/Community/posts.php?topic=72899

edit:

And this is great for a easy was to get a .bmp file to a .ico file...

http://blitzbasic.com/codearcs/codearcs.php?code=2141

its in b3d, i'll translate it when i get back.

ziggy

(Posted 2008) [#5]

The easiest one is to use BLIde plus, select the ICO file you want, and click "Publish" to compile the EXE with the ICO file :D

tonyg

(Posted 2008) [#6]

read somewhere you can Incbin

Probably here where Flameduck corrected himself

What? How is Import (sorry, not incbin) not "built-in" by any stretch of the imagination?

popcade

(Posted 2008) [#7]

It can't appear on MaxIDE unless Mark has a cross-platform solution ready, and there's no any sign of that available yet.

Chroma

(Posted 2008) [#8]

Found some good info here:
http://www.blitzbasic.com/Community/posts.php?topic=53816

This isn't bad but it's hard to remember all these kludges. Seriously hard.

Compile to an .exe and drag an .ico file into it:

Import BRL.FileSystem
Import PUB.stdc
Strict
If AppArgs.length < 2 Then
	Print "Invalid argument count"
	Print "Usage:IconMaker filename"
	Print "Number of arguments = "+AppArgs.length
	End
EndIf
Local iconfilename:String= AppArgs[1]
If FileType(iconfilename)<>1 Then
	Print iconfilename +" does not exists or is not a file"
	End
End If
Local rcfilename:String= StripAll(iconfilename)+".rc"
Print "Creating RC File:"+rcfilename
If CreateFile(rcfilename) Then
	Print "File Created"
	Local f:TStream=OpenFile(rcfilename)
	f.WriteLine("1 ICON ~q"+iconfilename+"~q")
	CloseFile f
End If

Print "Executing Windres to create Object file"
Local objfilename:String=StripExt(rcfilename)+".o";
Local command:String="windres -i ~q"+rcfilename+"~q -o ~q"+objfilename+"~q"
Print command
If system_(command)=0 Then
	Print "Created "+objfilename
	Print "Add "
	Print "Import ~q"+objfilename+"~q" 
	Print "to your BMX project to link in icon"
End If

Add this to your code:

?Win32
Import "icon.ico"
?

popcade

(Posted 2008) [#9]

Just whipped out related post and made a quick example for Max2D and MaxGUI for non-intrusive way to runtime icon...

Download Here:
http://www.icworx.org/_spc/blitz/bmx_icodrop.rar

All code are NOT mine, hope it'll help you a little bit.

Jesse

(Posted 2008) [#10]

link is dead.

popcade

(Posted 2008) [#11]

Gah, works now, a stupid typo.

It's less than 30K, won't take too much minutes.