.exe icon?

BlitzMax Forums/BlitzMax Programming/.exe icon?

Crovean

(Posted 2010) [#1]

I've seen this in some bmx files:

?Win32
Import "resources/resources.o"
?

I guess this have to do with the .exe icon, or am I wrong? If it is, how do I create those .o files? When I look in the resource directory, there is a file called resources.rc with all the information about which icon to use, and there is also a .bat file to create the .o file but it doesn't work

compile.bat:

windres -o resources.o resources.rc

resources.rc:

#define RT_MANIFEST	24
#define MANIFEST_ID	1
#define MAIN_ICON_ID	101

MAIN_ICON_ID		ICON			"main_icon.ico"

Help me out here. I hate the default icon :) ResHack or such is way too advanced for a stupid dude like me.... ;)

Thareh

(Posted 2010) [#2]

Keep the .ico and .rc file in the same directory, copy windres from your mingw/bin directory to that directory and then create a bat file with this content:

windres -i resources.rc -o resources.o

Try that ^^

Crovean

(Posted 2010) [#3]

Oh... I didn't have MiniGW... Downloading and trying.. Thanks!! =)

Thareh

(Posted 2010) [#4]

'##################################################################################################
Framework BRL.Blitz
Import PUB.FreeProcess
Import BRL.Retro
Import BRL.FileSystem

'##################################################################################################
Global WINDRESPATH:String = "C:\Program Files\Icon Maker\windres.exe"

'##################################################################################################
If AppArgs.Dimensions()[0] > 1
	Local Dir:String = AppArgs[1]
	Select Lower( ExtractExt( Dir ) )
		Case Lower( "ico" )
			CreateRCFile( Dir )
			CreateOFile( StripExt( Dir ) + ".rc" )
		Case Lower( "rc" )
			CreateOFile( Dir )
	End Select
EndIf

'##################################################################################################
Function CreateRCFile( Dir:String )
	Local File:TStream = WriteFile( StripExt( Dir ) + ".rc" )
		WriteLine( File, "101 ICON "+Chr(34)+Dir+Chr(34) )
	CloseFile( file )
End Function

'##################################################################################################
Function CreateOFile( Dir:String )
	Local Process:TProcess = TProcess.Create( WINDRESPATH + " -i " + Chr(34) + Dir + Chr(34) + " -o " + Chr(34) + StripExt( Dir ) + ".o" + Chr(34), 0 )
	
	Repeat
		
		If Process.Status() = 0 Then
			End
		EndIf
		
		Delay 2
		
	Forever
	
End Function

'##################################################################################################

Here's a small app you that I use for .ico => .o compilation :)
Change WINDRESPATH to the path of your windres.exe file => Compile the code, and then just drag the .rc (or .ico) over the compiled exe and it'll become a .o file with the same filename :)

Midimaster

(Posted 2010) [#5]

My way to integrate an icon is:

1.
You need to have any "*.o"-file. Name this "icon.o", and put it into the path of your "*.bmx"-file.
2.
Add this lines to your code:

?Win32
Import "icon.o"
?

Compile your application. Now you have a wrong icon associated wih the application.
3.
Use free "IcoFX.Exe" (www.icofx.ro) to transform any image to a "*.ico"-file and save it as "NewIcon.Ico".
4. In IcoFX you have the possibility to change icons, which are already inside "*.exe"-files. So you can open your application in IcoFX with "menu - tools - resource editor", click on the "wrong" icon and on the symbol "change". In a window you can select your "NewIcon.Ico".

Thats all.

r	(Posted 2010) [#6]

...or use BlitzIcon that simply do the job...

Freeware app, coded with Blitzmax.

http://landzone.free.fr/blitzicon.htm

Crovean

(Posted 2010) [#7]

If I would like to define a icon for a file that should be associated with my software, how do I define that in resources.rc before compiling it?

Is it as simple as this?

#define MAIN_ICON_ID   101
#define FILE_ICON_ID   102

MAIN_ICON_ID      ICON      "main_icon.ico"
FILE_ICON_ID      ICON      "file_icon.ico"

Yahfree

(Posted 2010) [#8]

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

Crovean

(Posted 2010) [#9]

That changes the icon of my .exe, which is already done... I'm looking for a way to define a icon for files that opens with my .exe

Russell

(Posted 2010) [#10]

Never could understand why this seemingly simple detail was left out of the BlitzMax IDE...

Russell

Dabhand

(Posted 2010) [#11]

I'm looking for a way to define a icon for files that opens with my .exe

Well, basically, the best way is a thing called file association:-

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc144158(VS.85).aspx

Obviously, the above is for Windows, I havent the foggiest on Mac or Linux.

Dabz