"John Paul Wallington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Ron Baker, Pluralitas!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I'm writing and application using mingw. >> How does one set the icon for the application that >> shows in windows explorer? >> Is it something I can put in the source or >> is it a post compile (and link) operation? > > First create a resource-definition script (.rc file). The file > could be as simple as: > > 1 ICON "foo.ico" > > (See > http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/tools/tools/about_resource_files.asp > for more details of the .rc file format) > > then compile it with GNU Binutils' windres utility, eg: > > windres foo.rc foores.o > > and link with gcc, eg: > > gcc -o foo.exe foo.o foores.o > > Also, you'll probably get more comprehensive and correct answers to > mingw questions on their user mailing list: > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-users > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.mingw.user/
Excellent. Thanks. -- rb _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
