Make an executable icon with SDL

Engines and Middleware Programming

Started by DigiMan Shart October 20, 2008 09:24 PM

1 comment, last by Yeshua666 15 years, 6 months ago

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October 20, 2008 09:24 PM

I haven't really seen this mentioned anywhere, so I thought this might be a good place to ask. Is there a way to create an icon for the executable (.exe) of my program using SDL. I mean the actual image you click on to launch the executable, not the image at the top left of the window of the application, I already know SDL_WM_SetIcon does that. Thanks.

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Amrazek

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October 21, 2008 04:29 AM

Add a resource file to your project. If you're using the express edition of visual studio, you'll have to make it yourself. Just create a file with the .rc extension. Use a text editor to add

1         ICON        "icon.ico"

Then it's just a matter of adding the resource to your project and compiling.

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Yeshua666

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October 21, 2008 06:28 AM

On Windows XP you can simply right-click on the executable file and go to properties. Then on the "Icon" tab you can simply drag and drop the .ico file onto the text field. Be sure to click on "Apply" when you're done.