Sebastian graciously sent me his icon which I tried, but that doesn't work either, I still get the default pyinstaller icon. Nuts.
Peter On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Peter Scheie <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, please send me your icon. I did try rebooting Windows to see if > clearing the icon cache would help, but it did not. I haven't yet tried the > other methods of clearning the cache. > > > On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 1:18 AM, Sebastian Hilbert < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Am Donnerstag 22 April 2010 22:58:17 schrieb Peter Scheie: >> > I took all the files of different resolutions--256, 128, 64, and 32 >> > bit--and using the article at >> > >> http://egressive.com/tutorial/creating-a-multi-resolution-favicon-including >> > -transparency-with-the-gimpas a guide, I also created a 48 and a 16 bit >> > images, and then combined those >> > all into an icon using GIMP, but I still get just the default icon on my >> > executable. Noting that the article only mentions needing resolution of >> > 128 bit and lower, I also tried throwing out the 256 bit image, but that >> > didn't make any difference. I noticed that the 48bit & 16bit images, >> > produced by scaling down the 256bit image, are also reduced to 4bpp, >> > whereas the ones from Kolourpaint are 8bpp; might this mixing the >> > resolutions make any difference? Is there any sort of debug I can turn >> on >> > during Build.py to see why it's not using the icon? >> >> Would it make sense to send you my icon to see it that works? If it does >> the >> problem is with your icon. If not ... >> >> Have you considered clearing the icon cache ? I am not sure it is related >> but >> ... >> >> http://smallvoid.com/article/windows-icon-cache.html >> >> > >> > On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 8:54 PM, mac9416 <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > > Peter, I don't know if it makes any difference, but I made the icon >> > > with GIMP instead of ImageMagik. Might be worth trying that. Also, >> > > installing pywin32 was the only tweak I had to make to make everything >> > > work. >> > > >> > > On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 8:46 AM, Peter Scheie <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > > > I ran Build.py with the multi-resolution icon on my office system, >> > > > where py32win was already installed. It builds, and does not give >> me >> > > > the 'platform not capable' error that I get on my home machine, but >> > > > it's >> > > >> > > still >> > > >> > > > not using the icon I've specified; I'm still getting the default >> > > >> > > pyinstaller >> > > >> > > > icon. Could it be that it doesn't like my icon? It's only two >> colors, >> > > > quite simple. In an earlier incarnation, it was saved in 24-bit >> color >> > > >> > > (and >> > > >> > > > it didn't work). I reduced it to 256 colors (since I'm only using >> two) >> > > >> > > to >> > > >> > > > reduce the size, but that does not seem to make any difference. >> > > >> > > Presumably >> > > >> > > > the --icon option works under the right circumstances; anyone know >> what >> > > > those would be? >> > > > >> > > > Peter >> > > > >> > > > On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Peter Scheie <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > > >> Well, almost solved. pywin32 is installed. Now when I run Build.py, >> I >> > > >> > > get >> > > >> > > >> "ignoring icon and version resources = platform not capable". I >> > > >> googled >> > > >> > > for >> > > >> > > >> that error, but only found one mention, in which Giovanni asked if >> the >> > > >> poster had pywin32 installed, and there was no reply. In my case, >> > > >> yes, >> > > >> > > I do >> > > >> > > >> have pywin32 installed. What does this error mean? >> > > >> >> > > >> Peter >> > > >> >> > > >> On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 7:52 PM, Peter Scheie <[email protected]> >> > > >> > > wrote: >> > > >>> Problem solved! I hadn't installed Service Pack 2 on this VM. >> Once >> > > >>> I did, the pywin32 installer ran normally, no questions about >> which >> > > >>> ID to >> > > >> > > run >> > > >> > > >>> under, etc. Thanks for everyone's help. >> > > >>> >> > > >>> Peter >> > > >>> >> > > >>> On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 9:38 PM, Florian Höch < >> [email protected]> >> > > >>> >> > > >>> wrote: >> > > >>>> Hi, >> > > >>>> >> > > >>>> you can easily verify if your download is corrupt by comparing >> the >> > > >> > > hash. >> > > >> > > >>>> A good copy should have: >> > > >>>> >> > > >>>> Filename: pywin32-214.win32-py2.5.exe >> > > >>>> MD5 hash: 09EC5EF23D7A1BAD81B80CF6C00C12A3 >> > > >>>> >> > > >>>> HashTab ( http://beeblebrox.org/ ) might be handy for comparing >> > > >> > > hashes >> > > >> > > >>>> from Windows Explorer. >> > > >>>> >> > > >>>> Am 17.04.2010 04:24, schrieb Peter Scheie: >> > > >>>>> I've tried downloading pywin32 at least six times, including >> > > >> > > specifying >> > > >> > > >>>>> a mirror in Sweden and the US (Florida) but I always get the >> same >> > > >>>>> thing. Of course, it could be that I've always gotten broken >> > > >>>>> copies, >> > > >> > > I >> > > >> > > >>>>> suppose. 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