Thanks, but don't know HEX. I did figure out how to make it. (12
Height, 19 Length in the bottom right corner)
Thanks for all the help though
Mike
PS sorry if this mattered because I failed to mention that I am
trying to use the small icon on a Visor (Dimensions might be
different along with placement)
>Mike,
>
>You need to create a file that describes the byte fields of the
>icon. It is typically called "smallicon.r" and you just include it
>right below the resource file in your project. The five lines below
>is all that there are in the file. This is an example of it.
>
>data 'tAIB' (1001) {
> $"0F00 0900 0200 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000"
> $"7FFC 4004 5224 5574 5824 5004 5FF4 4004"
> $"7FFC"
>};
>
>The first line of eight, 16-bit hex codes is for the resource
>compiler and don't change. The last nine, 16-bit hex codes describes
>the small icon structure. The first word represents the top row of
>the small icon. The MSB of each word represents the leftmost
>bit in the row of that word going to the right. The LSB of the word
>is ignored since the small icons are only 15 bits.
>
>The bad news: I ended up drawing a grid, filling in the squares and
>calculating the hex codes myself. There may be shareware now
>out there to help you since I did this over a year ago. If not,
>anyone who wants to write it, I'll beta yesterday.
>
>Steve
>
>
>Mike Jensen wrote:
>
> > Unfortunately I have CW5 and it doesn't have the option of creating
> > an icon family.. There has to be another way to do it since others
> > have...
> > Thanks though.
> > Mike
> >
> > >On Mon, 20 Mar 2000, Mike Jensen wrote:
> > >
> > > > >The Constructor PDF manual talks about this.
> > > > >
> > > > >Basically you have to make an icon. Give it an id of 1001 and a size
> > > > >of 22x22 but use only the top 15x9 for the icon.
> > > > >
> > > > >Chris
> > > > >
> > > > >At 08:08 AM 3/20/2000 , you wrote:
> > > > >>hey
> > > > >>sorry about such a stupid question but I am new to palm development
> > > > >>and I was curious about how I make a small icon in constructor
> > > > >>(List view icon).
> > > > >>Thanks
> > > > >>Mike
> > > >
> > > > I tried that but it didn't work. I still got the default icon. Any
> > > > other suggestions?
> > > > Thanks
> > > > Mike
> > >
> > >
> > >Mike,
> > >
> > > Having gone through the same problem recently and posted a
> > >similar question to the list, I'll tell you what I've been able to
> > >gather:
> > >
> > >1) You need the latest version of Constructor (assuming your *using*
> > > Constructor) and I don't think that version has made it out into
> > > the "public" area of the Provider Pavilion. At last check (and I
> > > could be wrong; I'd be *glad* to be wrong; I'd like to get a copy)
> > > it's still in the seeding area and I haven't had the time to fill
> > > out the paperwork to get into that area. The version that is
> > > shipping with the compiler that you buy isn't the latest (I bought
> > > mine about a month ago).
> > >2) When you get that version, create an App Icon Family, which is a
> > > "set" of icons under one resource, and give your 32X32 size (e.g.-
> > > not the 22X22 size stated in the Companion PDF) icon an ID of 1000
> > > and your 15X9 icon an ID of 1001.
> > >
> > >This should do the trick according to the incredibly supportive folks
> > >at Palm (THANKS Vivek and Dave!). However, please note that I can't
> > >verify it yet because I can't get the latest version of Constructor.
> > >Hopefully that'll change shortly...
> > >
> > >Take care,
> > >
> > >Jerry Adair
> > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> > >ps-I am assuming that when they put the latest and greatest Constructor
> > >out for the "public" that those of us who bought CW6 for the Palm (and
> > >I suppose more importantly who have applied and gotten into the PP) will
> > >be able to get it from within the PP. Is that true?
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