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  • S Super Lloyd

    Any idea where could find one? Sometimes ago someone here gave a link to a cool application which could take a bunch of PNG file of appropriate size and make a .ico file out of it. Any idea where could I find such a free tool? Thanks! :-) (Yes, I googled, but withouth much satisfying results)

    A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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    dannette
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    I do something that's probably ghetto. I make the icon a .jpg or .png then just change the extension to .ico. Haven't had a problem yet.

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    • S Super Lloyd

      Thanks! To be honest I plagiarised this signature from someone else! :-\

      A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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      radialronnie
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      Super Lloyd wrote:

      Thanks! To be honest I plagiarised this signature from someone else! A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

      uhu! :laugh:

      A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _______________________________________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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      • T Thomas Stockwell

        I am actually surprised and thankful that no one has copied my signature yet. Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.

        Regards, Thomas Stockwell Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. Visit my homepage Oracle Studios Discounted or Free Software for Students: DreamSpark - downloads.channel8.msdn.com MSDN Academic Alliance - www.msdnaa.com

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        fred_
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        Thomas Stockwell wrote:

        I am actually surprised and thankful that no one has copied my signature yet.

        I did copy it .. just at a different forum .. and a tat on a bady part unseen

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        • S Super Lloyd

          Found it: IcoFX[^]!! :-D

          A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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          kinar
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          Heh, When I saw the topic, I searched through my start menu looking for the icon app I used a few months ago when I had to redo an Icon. Opened it up. Clicked Help-About and got the website... Then I read the replies to the topic. Sure enough, http://icofx.ro/[^] was the same app. Best I found (including non-freeware) after a couple days of searching at the time.

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          • D dannette

            I do something that's probably ghetto. I make the icon a .jpg or .png then just change the extension to .ico. Haven't had a problem yet.

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            kinar
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            I would be interested to know if you've ever had problems with it not showing up. For example, the thing I learned about Icons when I had to do work a while back is that there are several different resolutions (and color depths) of the image in an actual ico file. For example, my last icon had the following: 16x16x2 16x16x16 16x16x256 32x32x2 32x32x16 32x32x256 96x96x2 96x96x16 96x96x256 256x256x16 256x256x256 After playing with it, I found that almost all apps use the 32x32x16 version of the icon, however, windows will use the other sizes (vista added support for the 256x256 but VS2k5 wont compile an app that uses a 256 icon). Anyway, the result I came across was that when I didn't have a resolution that windows wanted in some of it's views, it would show the default application icon instead of mine. Ever had any problems with that?

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            • S Super Lloyd

              Any idea where could find one? Sometimes ago someone here gave a link to a cool application which could take a bunch of PNG file of appropriate size and make a .ico file out of it. Any idea where could I find such a free tool? Thanks! :-) (Yes, I googled, but withouth much satisfying results)

              A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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              Flar
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              GIMP[^] can be used to create or edit icons.

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              • K kinar

                I would be interested to know if you've ever had problems with it not showing up. For example, the thing I learned about Icons when I had to do work a while back is that there are several different resolutions (and color depths) of the image in an actual ico file. For example, my last icon had the following: 16x16x2 16x16x16 16x16x256 32x32x2 32x32x16 32x32x256 96x96x2 96x96x16 96x96x256 256x256x16 256x256x256 After playing with it, I found that almost all apps use the 32x32x16 version of the icon, however, windows will use the other sizes (vista added support for the 256x256 but VS2k5 wont compile an app that uses a 256 icon). Anyway, the result I came across was that when I didn't have a resolution that windows wanted in some of it's views, it would show the default application icon instead of mine. Ever had any problems with that?

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                dannette
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                I usually make the icon in photoshop about 40x40 px at 72 res and then when I'm done, resize to 16x16. When I save it, I use "Save for Web". For the most part I use save as png-24 with transparency without a matte. After I save it, I just change the extension name to .ico, let the computer yell at me for doing it and then upload it and it's fine.

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                • T Thomas Stockwell

                  I am actually surprised and thankful that no one has copied my signature yet. Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.

                  Regards, Thomas Stockwell Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. Visit my homepage Oracle Studios Discounted or Free Software for Students: DreamSpark - downloads.channel8.msdn.com MSDN Academic Alliance - www.msdnaa.com

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                  DragonsRightWing
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                  I like it - a more specific variation on several well-known quotes: "A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." Douglas Adams (Mostly Harmless) “Foolproof systems don't take into account the ingenuity of fools” Gene Brown There's no system foolproof enough to defeat a sufficiently great fool. Edward Teller

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                  • S Super Lloyd

                    Any idea where could find one? Sometimes ago someone here gave a link to a cool application which could take a bunch of PNG file of appropriate size and make a .ico file out of it. Any idea where could I find such a free tool? Thanks! :-) (Yes, I googled, but withouth much satisfying results)

                    A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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                    Sidneys1
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                    I use PDN + Axalis IcoWorkshop, but you can just use Paint.NET

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                    • S Super Lloyd

                      Found it: IcoFX[^]!! :-D

                      A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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                      Mikkel Elmholdt
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                      Recommended!

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                      • T Thomas Stockwell

                        I am actually surprised and thankful that no one has copied my signature yet. Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.

                        Regards, Thomas Stockwell Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. Visit my homepage Oracle Studios Discounted or Free Software for Students: DreamSpark - downloads.channel8.msdn.com MSDN Academic Alliance - www.msdnaa.com

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                        I thought I had seen this quote before. It's on quotationspage.com: Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. Rick Cook[^], The Wizardry Compiled

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                        • D dannette

                          I do something that's probably ghetto. I make the icon a .jpg or .png then just change the extension to .ico. Haven't had a problem yet.

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                          jacobjordan
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                          I do something that's probably ghetto. I make the icon a .jpg or
                          .png then just change the extension to .ico. Haven't had a problem yet.

                          How on earth is that even possible?????

                          if (your.Life == lifestyles.Programming) {     your.Cool = true; } else {     your.Cool = false; }

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                          • R radialronnie

                            Super Lloyd wrote:

                            Thanks! To be honest I plagiarised this signature from someone else! A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

                            uhu! :laugh:

                            A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _______________________________________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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                            Super Lloyd
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                            it's you!?! :-\

                            A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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                            • D dannette

                              I do something that's probably ghetto. I make the icon a .jpg or .png then just change the extension to .ico. Haven't had a problem yet.

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                              Super Lloyd
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                              Haha.. good idea! Nonetheless it didn't work out for my idea. I'm trying to change a folder's icon in Windows Explorer. It wants an ICO file. When I tried to used a renamed .PNG the property panel refused, saying there was no icon in my file! :sigh: Good try though! ;-)

                              A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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                              • J jacobjordan

                                I do something that's probably ghetto. I make the icon a .jpg or
                                .png then just change the extension to .ico. Haven't had a problem yet.

                                How on earth is that even possible?????

                                if (your.Life == lifestyles.Programming) {     your.Cool = true; } else {     your.Cool = false; }

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                                dannette
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                                I don't know - I've been doing it for a few years now....

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                                • S Super Lloyd

                                  Haha.. good idea! Nonetheless it didn't work out for my idea. I'm trying to change a folder's icon in Windows Explorer. It wants an ICO file. When I tried to used a renamed .PNG the property panel refused, saying there was no icon in my file! :sigh: Good try though! ;-)

                                  A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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                                  dannette
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                                  I just realized it wants to open in gimp. I recently downloaded gimp and haven't had a chance to really explore it but it seems gimp will save in ico format as well and it is a free application. Why not try that? http://www.gimp.org/[^]

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                                  • S Super Lloyd

                                    it's you!?! :-\

                                    A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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                                    radialronnie
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                                    Super Lloyd wrote:

                                    it's you!?!

                                    Yep! ;P :)

                                    A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _______________________________________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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                                    • S Super Lloyd

                                      Any idea where could find one? Sometimes ago someone here gave a link to a cool application which could take a bunch of PNG file of appropriate size and make a .ico file out of it. Any idea where could I find such a free tool? Thanks! :-) (Yes, I googled, but withouth much satisfying results)

                                      A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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                                      dandy72
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                                      In the same vein - I'm looking for a simple animation (.avi) file editor. Googling for .avi editors returns apps like VirtualDub, which are not suited for this purpose. Just today I could've used an animation similar to Explorer's File Copy, only, replacing both "end points"--a PC on the left, and another PC on the right (combined maybe with a 16x16 RegEdit icon), to display in an app that spends a fair a bit of time reading a remote machine's registry over a LAN. I have no graphic design skills whatsoever, but I figure by using an existing animation as a starting point (such as the AVIs provided with VS) and replacing parts of it with existing icons, I should be able to make something that looks half-decent... Does anyone know of a tool that could do such a thing?

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                                      • T Thomas Stockwell

                                        I am actually surprised and thankful that no one has copied my signature yet. Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.

                                        Regards, Thomas Stockwell Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. Visit my homepage Oracle Studios Discounted or Free Software for Students: DreamSpark - downloads.channel8.msdn.com MSDN Academic Alliance - www.msdnaa.com

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                                        bywin
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                                        OMG, how long have I been saying testing is all about idiot-proofing ;P :-\

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                                        • T Thomas Stockwell

                                          I am actually surprised and thankful that no one has copied my signature yet. Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.

                                          Regards, Thomas Stockwell Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. Visit my homepage Oracle Studios Discounted or Free Software for Students: DreamSpark - downloads.channel8.msdn.com MSDN Academic Alliance - www.msdnaa.com

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                                          Richard Barbre
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                                          I have always like that one; and so TRUE!

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