How do create an application icon?

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Paul

In other development environments i've used the IDE had
facilities to create custom icons for the application and
files it created. It would be nice to have a custom icon
for a created file, but it is more important to give the
application its own icon. I've looked in over ten books in
VB.net programming and none of them cover this issue. How
do I do it or where do I find the info?

Thanks,

Paul
 
When selecting the project in the solution explorer window, choose Add Item
and then select ICON, you can then edit this as you see fit.

OHM
In other development environments i've used the IDE had
facilities to create custom icons for the application and
files it created. It would be nice to have a custom icon
for a created file, but it is more important to give the
application its own icon. I've looked in over ten books in
VB.net programming and none of them cover this issue. How
do I do it or where do I find the info?

Thanks,

Paul
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Regards - OHM# (e-mail address removed)
 
As far as giving the application its own icon, open '<Project>
Properties...' under the Project menu. Under 'Common Properties' 'Build' is
the property for 'Application icon'
 
PS, dont forget to set the Application ICON to your new icon in the project
properties.

OHM#
When selecting the project in the solution explorer window, choose
Add Item and then select ICON, you can then edit this as you see fit.

OHM


Regards - OHM# (e-mail address removed)
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Regards - OHM# (e-mail address removed)
 
* "Paul said:
In other development environments i've used the IDE had
facilities to create custom icons for the application and
files it created. It would be nice to have a custom icon
for a created file, but it is more important to give the
application its own icon. I've looked in over ten books in
VB.net programming and none of them cover this issue. How
do I do it or where do I find the info?
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If you use VS.NET Professional or better, you can use its built-in icon
editor. Just select "File" -> "New" -> "File..." -> "Icon" and design
your icon.
 
David and One Hand Man - thank you for your replies. They
should get me going. Wish I had as clear a response to my
'where to get the file path/name/s when dropped on the
Application icon?' question.

Paul
 
You can specify that the icon be external to the .exe or included. If
external, you can specify the filename and path. This is done from within
project properties General/Build ( Icon location ).

Regards - OHM

David and One Hand Man - thank you for your replies. They
should get me going. Wish I had as clear a response to my
'where to get the file path/name/s when dropped on the
Application icon?' question.

Paul
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Regards - OHM# (e-mail address removed)
 
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