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Setting up an Icon for my app.

Hi. I just created this small Win32 Console Application. It runs in a DOS window. I need to setup an Icon for it different from the one setup automatically by Windows.

How can I do this????

p.s. I am using Visual C++ 6.0 for development.
Thanks in advance.

jkr

Add an Icon resource to your project, that's it.

dyma82

ASKER

I did that, but my project keeps having the default windows Icon for Console applications. Do I have to change any setting for the project????

Thanks a lot!

jkr

Hmm, you will also have to make sure that the resource ID for the icon is '1'

dyma82

ASKER

Let me try that...

RolandAZ

jkr is correct, dyma.
Just create a resource icon,
resource value doesn't have to be "1," though.

If you didn't see your app with your custom icon,
you tried running it inside VC++. It seems like VC++ IDE
doesn't set the icon for the console app.

Look at your executable file, you'll see it has your
custom icon. Run it from outside VC++, it will display your icon.
:)

give jkr the points. :)

hope that helps!
Roland

dyma82

ASKER

Hi. I did all you guys said. It still does not work.
Does it have any importance the fact that this is a
Win32 console application???

I was able to create the Icon in Visual C++ (That's the IDE I am using). Then, I compiled my code, but nothing special happen. My app kept it blue-and-white little window as an icon.

How can I check the resource ID for the icon???

Thanks a lot for your help.

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dyma82

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Hey "jkr", I was missing just that. Adding the d... .rc file to my project. Now it is working fine!!!

Thanks a lot everybody.