1. Packaging Icons for distribution
Ok, this is probably a simple to answer question, but I'm gonna ask it anyway :)
Is there a standard way of packaging a lot of small icons, as used within
buttons in a win32lib app, into a single resource-like file?
I currently have a separate directory with the .ico's in, but it's really a
messy distribution option IMHO. I would prefer to either incorporate the icons
into the exe or have a single virtual file thing that I can load the icons from.
I'm currently using addIcon(extractIcon("..file..")) to append the individual
files to a imageList sequence for later use with ListViews, TreeViews, etc. And
I also refer to the files directly for PictureButton's during the create call.
Is there a better, neater way of doing this?
Please don't say "use a resource editor from Visual Studio.." or suchlike - I'm
only using Euphoria, UltraEdit and Photoshop to develop this :)
I thought about an XPM pack/include, but I'm not to hot on how to convert the
ico's across.
Thanks in advance,
Dave
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2. Re: Packaging Icons for distribution
Dave Probert wrote:
>
> Ok, this is probably a simple to answer question, but I'm gonna ask it anyway
> :)
>
> Is there a standard way of packaging a lot of small icons, as used within
> buttons in
> a win32lib app, into a single resource-like file?
Dave:
Take a look at win32eru.ew.
Run the toolbar demo.
Bernie
My files in archive:
w32engin.ew mixedlib.e eu_engin.e win32eru.ew
Can be downloaded here:
http://www.rapideuphoria.com/cgi-bin/asearch.exu?dos=on&win=on&lnx=on&gen=on&keywords=bernie+ryan
3. Re: Packaging Icons for distribution
- Posted by OtterDad <otter at full-moon.com>
Nov 20, 2004
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Last edited Nov 21, 2004
i package icons in my programs a different way. using a library in the
archived call the sequencer, i turn my icons into sequences, which i
embed inside the program itself. i then extract the icons on execution
and viola - all your icons in one package.
demo program here: http://otterdad.dynip.com/filez/embed-icons.zip
Yours, OtterDad
Don't sweat it -- it's not real life. It's only ones and zeroes. Gene Spafford
