Re: Application icon

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From: Michael Sven (gpj38_at_dial.pipex.com)
Date: 10/18/04

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    Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 18:40:24 +0100

    Hi Lars-Inge

    Thank you very much. That worked.

    Regards

    Mike

    "Lars-Inge Tønnessen [VJ# MVP]" <http://emailme.larsinge.com> wrote in
    message news:Od0BoJxsEHA.1924@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
    > Sorry I'm not online when I'm writing this so I don't have a direct link,
    > but here are the steps from the MSDN lib.
    >
    > Please search for "KB324969" in the MSDN lib (or Q324969).
    >
    >
    > Knowledge Base
    >
    > This step-by-step article describes how to add an application icon to a
    > Visual J# .NET application.
    >
    > The Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual C# .NET /win32icon
    > compiler option inserts an icon (.ico) file in the output file, which
    gives
    > the output file the appearance that you want in Windows Explorer. The
    Visual
    > J# .NET compiler does not support the /win32icon option. To work around
    > this, you can create a resource compiler script file for the icon, and
    then
    > create a resource (.res) file by using the Rc.exe utility. You can add the
    > resource file to a Visual J# .NET application by using the compiler
    > /win32res option.
    >
    > Add an Application Icon to a Visual J# .NET Application
    > In Notepad, use the following code to create a resource compiler script
    file
    > that references the icon:
    >
    > 1 ICON "icon.ico"
    >
    > Save the file in Notepad as Icon.rc.
    >
    > Run the following at a command prompt to create a resource (.res) file
    named
    > Icon.res:
    > rc icon.rc
    >
    > Compile the Visual J# .NET application and reference the icon resource
    file
    > (Icon.res) by using the /win32res option. You can do this from the command
    > line or in the Microsoft Visual Studio development environment. To do this
    > from the command line, run the following command:
    >
    > vjc /win32res:icon.res app.jsl
    >
    >
    > To do this from the Microsoft Visual Studio development environment:
    >
    > Open the Property Pages dialog box for the project.
    > Click the Configuration Properties folder.
    > Click the Advanced tab.
    > Add the following to the Additional Options property:
    >
    > /win32res:icon.res
    >
    > The resulting .exe file will have the appropriate icon next to it when you
    > view it in Windows Explorer.
    >
    >
    > Regards,
    > Lars-Inge Tønnessen
    >
    >

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