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- From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: Windows icons in OS/2 ???
- Message-ID: <1992Aug26.195633.10613@njitgw.njit.edu>
- Date: 26 Aug 92 19:56:33 GMT
- References: <1992Aug26.143916.26316@ornl.gov>
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- In article <1992Aug26.143916.26316@ornl.gov> lio@ornl.gov (MILLION D L) writes:
- >This has probably been discussed already at some point, but how do I go
- >about using Windows-format icons in OS/2? Specifically, I am trying to
- >set up Managing Your Money under OS/2 2.0. MYM is a DOS application, but
- >it comes with a Windows icon file, MYM8.ICO, for running MYM under Windows.
- >However, OS/2 does not seem to like the format of files like this. When
- >I tell it to use this file as an icon, all I get is a blank. Also, the
- >icon editor refuses to work with such files. Is there a known way to
- >"import" Windows icons like this into OS/2? Thanks for any advice.
-
- Windows icons can only be used in OS/2 if they're bound to a Windows
- application. But you can convert the icon to an OS/2 icon. Download
- and use the cvtico.exe program (get it from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu). This
- will convert the icon to OS/2 1.2 format. Note that it may need
- editing. It sometimes gets the colors wrong (the "hollow" color
- usually becomes "inverse" for some reason, flood fill with "hollow"
- usually cures this.)
-
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