On Saturday, 25 February 2017 at 19:58:17 UTC, Jacob Carlborg
wrote:
On 2017-02-25 09:45, JamesD wrote:
I'm a hobbyist and new to the D language. With a lot of help
from
various online resources, I finally figured out how to load an
icon from:
1. A file "icon.ico" (this was easy)
2. A Program extension from the Windows registry, e.g.
"*.inf" (harder)
3. A linked resource from the exe itsself (very hard)
I learned how to add an icon to the exe with a compiled
Resource file.
Now I can load this embedded icon as the shell icon.
And I don't have to distribute a separate ico file with my
exe.
I added a couple of simple bat files to compile with either
dmd or dub.
This work can be found at:
https://github.com/jasc2v8/dwt-support/tree/master/windows/example-load-icon
I hope this helps another newbie like me.
Constructive feedback is welcome.
In D it's very simple to embed resources in the executable at
compile time using string imports:
immutable data = cast(immutable(uyte[]) import("foo.ico");
Compile by adding the -J flag to point to the directory where
the icon files are located:
dmd main.d -J./resources
Then I'm pretty sure there's a an API that takes a byte array
and returns an image of some sort.
Very interesting, thank you!
Update: I expanded and renamed this project, now at:
https://github.com/jasc2v8/dwt-support/tree/master/windows/loadicon
The key takeway is the Win32 API LoadImage function.
Use to set the Shell icon from the program icon linked with
icons.res in this exe file.
