Re[2]: Alt+Tab icon in windows

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> jaspers_post at hotmail.com wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>> 
>> I've got an exe-file (made with bindw) with my own icon. This works 
>> fine. The installer I use recognises this icon for example. However when 
>> 
>> I use Alt+Tab in windows to switch between programs Euphoria's standard 
>> icon is shown instead of my own. Has anayone else encountered this 
>> problem and does anyone has a solution?

> Jasper:

>    The problem maybe because your icon only contains a 32x32
>    icon. A real windows icon should contain a 16x16, 32x32
>    and 48x48. This icon can also contain these 3 icons in
>    in different pallete sizes. When windows displays an icon
>    it selects the appropriate icon to display or tries to
>    adjust the icon to fit the use. What maybe happening is that
>    the bindw is only replacing the 32x32 icon and when windows
>    selects the icon it uses one of the sizes that was not
>    replaced ( the euphoria icon ). The way you can find out
>    is to select an icon from some other windows program that
>    you know works and try bindw-ing it to your program.
   
>    Out on the web and you will find icon editors that will
>    allow you to create icons that contain more than one size
>    if this is your program. 

> Bernie

Doesn't the alt-tab icon come from the main window icon not the
program file icon?

Thomas Parslow (PatRat) ICQ #:26359483
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http://www.rat-software.com/
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