Setting Application Icon using code

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I have a shared project that contains icons and bitmaps that are used
throughout my suite of applications.

I have to set Form.Icon, PictureBox.Image, etc. using code because the form
designer can't see the icons and bitmaps unless they're in the local project.
This is only slightly inconvenient compared to the benefits from managing the
icons and bitmaps centrally.

However, I can't see how to do set the Application Icon using code. It seems
the only way to set Application Icon is to have the icon in the local project
and to set it via the project's property pages. Is there another way?
 
Hi,

To set the icons for forms, we can use Form.Icon = new
Icon("filename.ico"); to achieve this. However, the application icon is set
at link time. When building, the linker gets everything including the
application icon file and generates the target assembly. This job cannot be
done at runtime. So, we cannot set the application icon at runtime using
code.

Kevin Yu
Microsoft Online Community Support

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