Change icon

[Henry]

Hi there,

Now i found that every time i compile the fmp to runtime solution, the application file(.exe) icon will always same, is there got any way to change the icon.

Henry

[danjacoby]

You're using Windows, I presume?

[CobaltSky]

Hello Henry,

To generate and associate custom icons, on MacOS, I suggest that you check out:

Iconographer:

http://www.mscape.com/products/iconographer.html

On Windows, the produit de jour when it comes to custom icons is:

Microangelo:

http://www.impactsoftware.com/products/products.htm

however as Dan has obliquely hinted, the technique for associating the icon with the runtime on Windows is not quite so straightforward. It requires either a trip to the registry file or creation of a shortcut (an alternate icon can be assigned to a shortcut via the 'properties' dialog).

[SteveB]

You can change the icon in a number of ways. To begin with, its not one icon but probably 4 or 5 that will need changing. Windows selects the most appropriate icon based on screen resolution, operating system (and maybe background color). The easiest way that I've found is to use a program like ArtIcons Pro that is an icon creator/modifier. You can open the .EXE in it, and it will allow you to change any of the stored icons. Remember that you'll need to restore this modified EXE the next time you create a runtime. See it at www.aha-soft.com

The other ways are using a resource editor like Resource Helper, and also WinBatch www.wilsonware.com Both of these require more effort and more learning.

Steve

[danjacoby]

On a Mac, of course, it's easy. Just open Get Info and copy & paste a new icon in.

But then, Macs are usually easier to use.

Oh, I'm gonna get a lot of responses on this one.

[SteveB]

Why don't you Mac guys grow up already. Act your age.

Steve

[Ugo DI LUCA]

Steve,

not so sure about that :

MICROSOFT: Most Intelligent Customers Realize Our Software is Only for Fools and Teenagers.

[kenneth2k1]

I liken most Mac Monkeys to Zionists.

Oh, how does 80% of the OS world get along without Mac??? Sigh.

Ken

[SteveB]

I don't care that you clowns like to swim up stream. Hmm...do I want to appeal to 95% of the computer users, or less than 5%...duh!!! I don't knock your decisions to spend more on hardware and have fewer software products to choose from. DON'T knock mine and the rest of the Windows users on this forum.

As I said in the my last post...GROW UP.

[Ugo DI LUCA]

Hi Steve,

I don't know any Mac User that Will Install Needless Data On Whole System.

That's computer life

Well, now I made a wish to grow up within several weeks... For some minutes in a day, it's just fine to feel like kids.

[AudioFreak]

I've been noticing that there is something of an attempt to draw a line between PC users and Mac users. Phrases like "Mac users have a deep relationship with their machine" seem to be common. But what these people are ignoring are the simple things that show that die-hard Mac users and PC users aren't really all that different.

Have you ever gone into a library or computer lab where iMacs are present and noticed someone commenting on how if they were PCs, they would work better? I know I have. It doesn't really bother me, though, since I'm comfortable with both Windows and the Mac OS, and I don't mind using either platform for most things.

But walk into a PC lab sometime. You'll probably hear, "If only this was a Mac, I could get this project done much faster."

Now all of a sudden the Mac users are going to say, "See, that guy is devoted to the Macintosh platform." Yeah, that's probably so, but what about the PC user? Isn't he devoted to the PC?

It seems that Mac users don't realize that there are people just as devoted to the PC as Mac users are to their Macs. In fact, I knew one person who refused to upgrade her old 100 MHz Pentium tower because she liked it so much and thought that she could never like any other computer as much.

There's devotion to a PC for you.

You have to understand, however, that the things people like about the different platforms aren't all that different. You see people who are devoted to PCs from specific companies. There are those who only buy Compaqs. There are some people who love IBMs and refuse to buy anything else, because in their mind, there is nothing close to being "as good."

Mac fans buy Macintoshes because the hardware is elegant and easy to upgrade and maintain.

However, people buy IBM laptops because they like the durability of the machines, not necessarily because of the OS that comes installed on them. People buy G4 PowerBooks because of the features and appearance, not necessarily the durability. Both crowds are just as loyal; they just have different ways of showing it.

Then there are those who are in the middle -- the "fence sitters" of the computer world -- who don't side with one platform or the other. The PC fanatics and the Mac fanatics may try to convert these people to their own side, but they will probably never succeed in permanently converting any of them.

These people are probably a good deal of the consumer audience that Apple and other companies are trying to win over. These people, as I've said before, are not brand loyal and do not care what type of computer they buy as long as it has the features they want and is available for a price they can afford to pay.

Those who are strongly devoted to a platform, whether it be Mac or PC, have one main thing in common: Their opinions will never be affected by any advertising from the opposing side.

[Ugo DI LUCA]

I can hear you tonight

That's still computer life...and market. As you pointed out, the Computer Market is probably the latest market where fidelity is an asset for manufacturers.

As strange as it may be, there is a french proverb that says. "The best defense is attack".

Whatever the attack is (humouristic or serious), it is still a defense of our own Mac territory from the efforts of Windows OS.

Thus, if we're attacking, it's because we are not as stupid to consider ourselves as over-protected by the "elegance" of our Macs.

[kenneth2k1]

This Mac vs. PC thing has been going on forever and will continue to go on. I think it's like arguing over what is better food: pizza or hamburgers. It's all about what you like. But I still like to rattle the Mac Monkey's cage now and again (although my desk has 2 computers: Win2k and MacOS 9.2)

[cjaeger]

>The PC fanatics and the Mac fanatics may try to convert these people to their own side, but they will probably never succeed in permanently converting any of them.

How stupid - I like PC users because they pay for my expensive, elegant Mac. Feed fast food to the masses so they can pay for your 5 star meal...

[danjacoby]

I knew I'd get responses!

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Notes to kenneth2k1:

Pizza -- definitely pizza ... unless I'm at a cookout.

Comparing anything to Zionism is a dangerous thing. Extremely dangerous.

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Notes to Steveinvegas:

You grow up!

I don't own a Windows machine, and I appeal so much to that 95% that more than one customer has switched from PC to Mac (and is extremely happy despite the extra initial expense), but I've never known anyone to switch the other way -- except one guy who regretted it and has since switched back. So put that in your CPU and smoke it.

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Macs are initially more expensive, and there is software out there that's Windows only (like Access, for instance -- and who wants to switch to that klunky thing). But I've never known anyone who saved money, in the long run, by going with the Windows environment. And I've never met anyone with a Mac who couldn't do everything he/she wanted to do because of Mac-specific software limitations.

The only reason I ever recommend buying a Windows machine is if you're using 'em at work, want something at home, and have too much trouble learning anything on the computer to bother learning the MacOS; even then, I do so only with grave misgivings. For large businesses, Macs are easier to use, easier to maintain, and less expensive in the long run.

As far as that 95% goes, if you believe that marketing power (as opposed to the truth) isn't the most important thing in determining the success of a product, take a look at who's inhabiting the White House these days.

[SteveB]

Whoopee for you Dan. I don't give a rat's ass about the hardware or software choices that someone decides on...its kinda like religion...its their choice. And I don't have any great fondness for Windows. In fact, of all the operating systems I've ever encountered (mainframes, minis and PCs), the best was probably OS2.

However, you specifically, always go beyond proclaiming the Macs as the end all. What really gets me is your attitude that the Windows users are stupid for making the PC choice. And I don't like the implication.

In this entire thread about icons, only 2 of us answered the user's question...myself and Ray. The rest of the posts were related to this totally ridiculous discussion. I don't want to try to convince you to use Windows...I don't really give a ******* what you use.

Steve.

[Anatoli]

RE: I don't own a Windows machine, and I appeal so much to that 95% that more than one customer has switched from PC to Mac (and is extremely happy despite the extra initial expense), but I've never known anyone to switch the other way

Me. Mac OS9 to Windows NT. And I am happy. I am saving money, I am more productive, I don't have any Mac customers these days, all of them switched to Windows. Macs are crashing. In week or month my Macs crashed more, than Windows NT/2000 in 5 years.

With foreign languages like Czech, Apple is doing very bad job, Microsoft great.

Do you think I am happy to kick Macs? Not really, my first computer was Apple. But MS is evolving since '95 gizmo. Apple is just trying without much success lately, look at FM / Mac X fiasco.

[Anatoli]

Let me also say: most applications in my Windows machines are dual platform. Those are great productivity tools. They are doing much better job, than Apple Inc. -- except FileMaker. FM is just great on Windows.

[Anatoli]

Q: if more people are migrating from PC to Macs, why is Apple share shrinking? Shouldn't be that on increase?