Embed Icon in EXE

[Ollie]

How do I imbed an Icon into my EXE?

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

Just add it to your .RC or .RES resource file.

EMG

[Antonio Linares]

myicon ICON myicon.ico

[Ollie]

Please give me more detail on this...

I have all my BitMAPS, DIALOGS, ICONS stored in a DLL (CS.DLL)

I have a line in my code:
SET RESOURCES TO "CS.DLL"

And I am able to use the BITMAPS etc. in other parts of the program.

What do I need to show my icon CS.ICO in the taskbar of windows and title bar of my app. I don't know how to use .RC or .RES files.

Using FWxH, xHb 99.60 BCC5.51 iLink32.EXE XMate 1.15

[yury]

hello,

in title of window application:

if you have a icon file:

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DEFINE ICON oICON FILENAME "yourIcon.ico"

DEFINE WINDOW oWINDOW FROM 1,1 TO 20,70 MDI;
           COLORS CLR_BLACK,CLR_WHITE;
           MENU BUILDMENU() ;
           ICON oICON ;
           TITLE "YourTitleAplication"


if you have a icon in resource or dll file:

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DEFINE ICON oICON RESOURCE "yourIcon"

DEFINE WINDOW oWINDOW FROM 1,1 TO 20,70 MDI;
           COLORS CLR_BLACK,CLR_WHITE;
           MENU BUILDMENU() ;
           ICON oICON ;
           TITLE "YourTitleAplication"


regards

[Ollie]

PERFECT - Thanks!

[Ollie]

Its interesting that the ICON doesn't appear next to the EXE in Windows Explorer - its the blank unknown application icon. (It appears in my application though.) Why is that?

[Antonio Linares]

Create a RC file and add this line:

1 ICON "your_icon.ico"

Then compile it and place it into the EXE, as samples\buildx.bat does

Then your EXE will be shown in the explorer with its icon