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custom icon for my program

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neos

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I use dev-cpp, how can I give my console programs their own icon? (ie - so its not the default console icon the user clicks on.) shaun
 
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You create a .ico file, and then reference it in a .rc file. You then compile the .rc file into a .res file using the resource compiler (rc.exe). You then link that file in when you link. I beleive if the icon has a resource ID of 1, it becomes the default icon.

It's been a while since I've done this (Windows 3.1 and OS/2 development), so I might be wrong on some of the details...

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