A tool to make .ico files?

Dario Solera

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DavidNohejl

I am not sure but I think good ol' ms paint can do that :) Aren't .ico actualy bitmaps? Edit: " Something that preferably supports transparency, and can embed several images in one .ico file so that the same file could be used for the shortcut and the application icon." :doh: OK forget mspaint.

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dnh wrote:

Aren't .ico actualy bitmaps?

certainly not. .ico actually contains several devices, of different sizes and colors depth...

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kubben

I actually wrote a code project article on it. It is a really basic way of doing it, but it seems to work ok for me. http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/HowToIcon.asp[^] Ben

DavidNohejl

Well, make 16x16 bitmap. Save. Rename to .ico. It now appears as icon instead of bitmap. Can be used as icon for shortcuts. Just tested. I've made some icons for my app waaaay back in time this way.

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zoid

The GIMP can open and save .ico files.

toxcct

wow i didn't know we could do that. for your side, open the default icon provided with a new project you create within Visual Studio, and see, there are 16x16, 24x24, 32x32, 64x64.... all these into a same .ico file

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Fernando A Gomez F

Usually I use MS Paint, make either a 16x16 or 32x32 bitmap and save it with the .ico extension. Never had problems.

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toxcct

yes that certainly works for a 1 device icon... not for more complex ones

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DavidNohejl

Just run mspaint in "expert" mode. :-D

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toxcct

dnh wrote:

Just run mspaint in "expert" mode

rotfl. do we have some undocumented command line switch for that ? :laugh:

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Rama Krishna Vavilala

How do you get transparency in the icon then?

toxcct

i found this excelent description by the way : Icon vs Bitmap[^]

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Fernando A Gomez F

Don't know. I assumed that Windows took care of it. Can't remember for sure, but most likely my icons used all the bitmap space.

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Anton Afanasyev

Yes, called Shift+Delete on the exe file. And then replace with Paint.net

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Clickok

Free and very good: AWIcons Lite[^]

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Anton Afanasyev wrote:

Paint.net

:~ X| are you mad ? leave me my native Paint please

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Anton Afanasyev

Paint.Net[^] Your choice.

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