quick icon question

[carpeliam]

I was under the impression that to create an icon file that's suitable for VB, I could create a windows bitmap file and then change the extension from &quot;.bmp&quot; to &quot;.ico&quot;. I tried this, and it didn't work. I searched my hard-drive for *.ico, and tried one of these (icons I had not created). It worked just fine, but upon trying to rename that to &quot;.bmp&quot; and open that file, I couldn't do it.. leading me to believe that the &quot;ico&quot; files needed to create icons for VB are different than standard bitmap files. How do I create a suitable icon for use with a VB form? [sig]<p>Liam Morley<br><a href=mailto:lmorley@wpi.edu>lmorley@wpi.edu</a><br><a href=

http://www.wpi.edu/~lmorley/>

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[sdb510]

You are correct in the assumption that .ico files are different from .bmp files. However, these files can be used interchangeably in VB.

Go to the Projects menu in VB and select Components, then select Microsoft Windows Common Controls. If you have VB6, there will be 3 of these: Microsoft Windows Common Controls 6.0, &quot;&quot; - 2 6.0 and &quot;&quot; - 3 6.0. Select the first one.

This will put an ImageBox control on your toolbox. You can put one of these control on a form, and then bring up the property page for this control (double click the Custom property in the Properties pane).

On the Images tab of the property page, you can add most types of images, including bitmaps, icons, cursors, and metafiles.

I'm not sure how you want to use the icon, but there are several ways to access the images that are stored in the ImageBox control.

Hope this helps.

Steve [sig][/sig]

 

[VB400]

I don't think that this works for the Form.Icon property -- or does it?
[sig]<p> Tarek<br><a href= > </a><br>The more I learn, the more I need to learn![/sig]

 

[bvoelp]

You are correct - to use the Form.Icon property you need a legitimate icon file. I use a shareware edit to create icons or transform bitmaps into icon.

Here a URL to the reviews - also has the download link - it's only $20US - and it works great - I've used it since version3.0 now it's at version6.0

http://www.keyscreen.com/KeyScreen(s)4/iconedit.htm

And no it's not mine - I get no royalties for my endorsement - just a great program.

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[bigfoot]

Microangelo is great. Look here ->

http://www.impactsoft.com