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From: [e-mail] (David J Birnbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Icon editing and attachment
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Date: 10 Nov 92 06:43:58 GMT
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Suppose I have an exe program that uses the boring default icon. I'd
like to assign a snazzy new one, which I found in a big icon archive on
hobbes. I can't find any PM way to do this:

1) I can edit the default icon by opening the settings for the
application in question, skipping to the general page, and clicking on
edit next to the icon. But the icon editors tells me I'm editing some
sort of default system icon, rather than the specific icon I want
attached to that program. I've been afraid to mess with this for feat of
clobbering that system .ico file.

2) I can't figure out how to import an icon into the extended attributes
of a program (where such things are normally stored) through PM. I can't
drop it on a program. If I follow step 1, above, I can arrange to edit
the other icon (by calling it into the editor), but I don't see how I can
attach it to a program.

3) I have been told that if the name of the .ico file matches the name
of the exe and they're in the same directory, the default is to use that
icon with that program. But I'd rather not clutter up my folders of
executables with .ico files; this is why God created extended
attributes.

4) Timothy's addicon.cmd does the job nicely from the command line (and
there are times when this is what's needed, since it could operate in
batch mode). But:

   a. I'd still like to be able to attach an icon without going to a
command line, for times when that seems the most natural course (such as
when changing other settings). Can this be done?

   b. When I use addicon.cmd to attach an icon, shut down, and reboot,
and then open the settings, move to the general page, and try to edit
that icon further, the icon editor hasn't recorded the new name and still
thinks it is using the default system icon. As before, I've been afraid
to edit it for fear of clobbering that default .ico file. Is this just a
naming quirk or could I really do some damage?

   c. When I use addicon.cmd, shut down, and reboot, background color
(used in the icon editor to make the icon seem to float on a background
of any color) doesn't seem to catch immediately. I use a solid blue
background on my desktop; when I rebooted with a newly created icon on
the desktop that used the background color feature, the background area
of the icon square was gray (the original OS/2 default color for the
desktop background). After a few minutes it changed all by itself. Why?

Thanks for any advice.

--David


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