> On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 8:07 AM, Art Heimsoth > <artst...@artheimsoth.com> wrote: > >> I am using NSIS for the install script for my Rexx program and >> associated >> > files. I have tried with it to get the icon that I supply to show > with the icon that is setup on the desktop and in the Start Menu > folder, but have not been successful. Is there a way in my ooRexx > program that I can change the default Icon that is displayed in the > .lnk file - if so, I could use that to change it on the initial > execution of the ooRexx program. > > > Hi Art, > > > You are not going to have much luck with that, I don't think. The > Windows shell is always going to want an executable or DLL with the > icon bound into it, and the index of that icon, I believe. > > > Your best bet would be to compile a resource only DLL and bind the > icon to that. Then use that DLL as the icon file name with the > index you use for the icon resource. > > > Compiling a resource only DLL is really pretty simple. If you have > a working NSIS install script, you can easily compile a resource > only DLL. It just involves downloading and installing a Windows > SDK. The SDK is free. > > > Oliver Sims who is writing the ooDialog User Guide, has mastered > that. I'm sure he would answer any questions concerning the > details. > > > You could look at the winsystm.cls, where the WindowsProgramManager > class has the addDesktopIcon method. It might help, but I think > not. I think the Windows Shell requires the icon to be in a > compiled resource. It is not going to load an icon from an icon > file. > > > -- > Mark Miesfeld
Thanks Mark, that at least gives me a direction to go. -- Art Heimsoth - artst...@artheimsoth.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Free Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Offer Buy your Sophos next-gen firewall before the end March 2013 and get the hardware for free! Learn more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sophos-d2d-feb _______________________________________________ Oorexx-users mailing list Oorexx-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-users
