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Lately I’ve been working with Mozilla’s XUL platform under xulrunner, and found that I needed to make a properly branded Windows application, but had no tools or knowledge on how to “glue” standard .ico icon files together, or insert them into an already-compiled .exe file. After some research and a little trial and error, I found a method that works. Assuming you have some prepared 16, 24, 32, and 48 pixel images suitable for an icon set, here’s how to go about getting them from Photoshop into a Windows application, using only free software.
Photoshop to Multiple .ico Files
The first step to branding a generic executable with your own icons is to get them out of the graphics program and into .ico format, which is the standard for Windows software icons and cursors. IcoFormat, a free Photoshop import/export plugin for handling .ico files, will easily handle the task. Once installed to your Photoshop plugins folder (and Photoshop subsequently restarted), you can save each of your icons as a .ico file using “Save As…”, and choosing ICO from the Format menu in the resulting dialog. Repeat for each icon size you wish to embed (or, if you’re ambitious, try recording a Photoshop action to automate the process).
How to create an icon for a Dev C project.icon maker link:http://www.rw-designer.com/onlineiconmaker.php. Apr 17, 2017 The core C compiler and libraries for building desktop applications that target x86 and x64 systems are included in the VC 2017 v141 toolset (x86, x64). Notable optional tools include support for MFC and C/CLI development. In the following examples, we will show how to create an MFC app, so this optional component was installed. On the user side, on the windows desktop, you can associate any icon file or any icon embedded into an existing exe or dll. On the programming side, add a ressource file and put an icon element into. Cordialement, Christophe PICHAUD. MCSD, MCSD.NET, MCTS NET 2.0. Add your CPP file(s) to the 'Source Files' folder. The folder is in the Solution Explorer. You can drag them there from another window. Rename the main CPP file (the one that contains 'int main') to the name of the project that you chose if it's not already the same. If you have any.H files, add them to the 'Header Files' directory.
Multiple .ico Files to One .ico File
To allow Windows to display the best size icon for the current folder view, it’s best to combine the desired .ico files into a single file. The free Icollator program will take in multiple icons and produce a single .ico file ready for embedding. You may need the Java Runtime Environment to run Icollator, if you don’t already have it. Like Icollator, JRE is also free download.
Embed the .ico File
The last step is to embed the single .ico file (containing two or more icons) into the .exe. Launch the freeware Resource Hacker utility, and Open the target .exe. Then select Action -> “Add a new Resource…”, and pick the combined .ico file you made in the previous step. Give the resource a simple name like “ICONS”, and click Add Resource. Save the changes to the .exe, and switch to Windows Explorer. You’ll notice that the .exe now has the embedded icon set, and Windows will show the correct size icon for the current view mode. Also, you’ll notice that Resource Hacker made a backup of the .exe before embedding, just for safe keeping.
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If you go to the Dev C++ folder, you can find the .exe file of the program, but the icon will be the old default clumsy one. Just for an example let me create a small program and show you the exe file. Here ya go!To change the icon, you need two things :
1. Dev-C++ 2. .ico file
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.ico file basically is just an image file which is used as an icon. You can easily find an ico creator or an ico converter online.
- In Dev-C++, click on Project --> Project Options.
- Click on the 'Browse' button in the icon section.
- Click on the 'Browse' button in the icon section.
- Navigate to the .ico file and click Ok.
- Now compile the program again, and the desired program will have the icon you selected!