eVB application icon? [RESOLVED]

[Harry's Lad]

I’ve just completed my first application using the MS eVB thing – hard work and a surprisingly steep learning curve even if you’re OK with VB6. Thing is, there doesn’t seem to be any provision for an application icon - when the .vb application arrives on the PPC, I want to control what the icon is/looks like. I’ve read the help files but can’t find a mention. Am I missing something here?

ATB
Dave

[Harry's Lad]

Nobody knows anything about icons and eVB then? :confused: Any help – or even a point in the right direction – would be very much appreciated…. I can’t believe that you simply get stuck (and have to put up) with the standard .vb icon.

TIA
Dave

[Harry's Lad]

Don’t bother – found it myself. The problem and solution is detailed in the MS KB. (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/268309) Not very elegant but it gets the job done.

Dave

[dinosaur_uk]

Man...

.Net Compact is rubbish?!?!

why cant it automatically include the icon????

[Strider]

yes it can its just a matter of knowing how

[dinosaur_uk]

Is there any other way to include the icon?!??!?

[Strider]

have you tried embeddeding the icons into the build this works nicely on the forms.
the application icon once it is added to the application will be placed in the same directory as the .exe and also when the cab is built it will be included too

[dinosaur_uk]

How do i emedd it directly to the build?

I just goto the icon bit, click the browse button and select the icon...

is there a special way to do it?

[Strider]

if you add it to the project, then select the icon, you can select the resource type as being embedded and use the system.reflection to get the icon out of the binary