OK. I think I was vague. What I am trying to accomplish is that my executable has an custom icon associated with it, instead of the standard windows console executable. Look at the "hl.exe" to see what I mean. I think botman is on the right path. I thought that there might be a way to do the association in M$VC++ as opposed to an installer.
Tim Faehnle wrote: > If you are talking about getting the icon into the exe, there is also > Resource Hacker: > http://rpi.net.au/~ajohnson/resourcehacker/ > > In case you can't compile it in. > > -Tim > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nathan Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "HLCoders" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 6:20 PM > Subject: Re: [hlcoders] OT: How to get an icon associated with an > executable. > > > -- > > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > > Ohhh my bad, sorry there. I knew it seemed to simple :P > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: botman > > Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 7:14 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [hlcoders] OT: How to get an icon associated with an > executable. > > > > > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > > > Include the icon as a resource (ctrl-r) or Insert>Resource > > > > > >> All: > > >> > > >> I know that this is OFF-TOPIC, but I was wondering how to associate an > > >> icon with an executable on Windows. I ask here because I know the > > >> coders here are likely to know and to answer. By the way, I have > M$VC++ > > >> and I am running WinNT and Win2K. > > >> > > >> Thanks in advance for answering my OFF-TOPIC question! > > >> -Scott > > >> > > > > No, I think Scott is asking how to create an icon (like on the desktop) > that is > > associated with an application (not how to build an icon into an > application). > > > > If you are using a Windows Install application (like Wise Installer) you > can > > create an icon on the desktop (or in the start menu) that is associated > with > > the application that you are installing. See the documentation for your > > installation utility for details. > > > > Jeffrey "botman" Broome > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
