[DUG] Icon creation

[Jeremy North]

Put them in resource files. Newer IDE's come with included resource
file management abilities.

What do you mean by create? Do you use an image editor for this? I use
IconWorkshop by Axialis, or buy sets (Glyph Lab or Glyfx) or get them
custom made (Clever Icons).

Windows uses square icons 16x16, 24x24, 32x32 ... 256x256 etc so you
can't get around that. You can use transparency so they don't "look"
square.

IcoFx is a free icon editor created in Delphi which is worth a look as well.

Currently I put images in a \Images folder in the project source
folder, however I'm working on something that makes working with
images a whole lot nicer. Not sure when that will be ready though.



On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 3:32 PM, John Bird <johnkbird at paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> I have never read up on best practices/sizes etc for creating program icons
> and BMP files for buttons/images etc.   Anyone got any good references to
> read up further??
>
> q1 – I have figured how to create a BMP with transparent background for bit
> buttons etc so the image is not square.  How do I create same for program
> ICO files?   All my program icons in the task bar are square as a result.
>
> q2 – Where does everyone else store their image files?  Really they should
> be considered part of the project.   Only the IDE does not store what the
> original filename was, so to find the image again (for a bitbutton/program
> icon etc) I have to know what it was and where.       I haven’t made up mind
> between storing them in the project source folder or a separate images
> folder...
>
> Any Embarcadero programmers out there reading this – how about the IDE
> stores the names of the files when it loads them, so it can be found again.
>
> John
>
> _______________________________________________
> NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list
> Post: delphi at delphi.org.nz
> Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi
> Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-request at delphi.org.nz with Subject:
> unsubscribe
>