<div dir="ltr">You could use <a href="http://melander.dk/reseditor/">http://melander.dk/reseditor/</a><div><br></div><div>Or you can use any tool capable of creating/editing ICO files and simply write a resource script (*.rc) to incorporate the icons into a *.res file as required. Delphi will compile the *.rc file for you though I don't recall off-hand whether you declare it as {$R filename.rc} or {$R filename.res} (with the IDE picking up the RC file by association with the common stem in the filename) but I'm sure there is documentation somewhere that will clarify on that point.<br><br>Either way tho I would use a separate, dedicated and additional resource file rather than the one linked to the DPR filename (if you aren't already) to avoid the IDE trampling over it.</div><div><br></div><div>hth</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 21 December 2015 at 17:21, John Bird <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:johnkbird@paradise.net.nz" target="_blank">johnkbird@paradise.net.nz</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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and one of my oldest programs uses a resource file with a couple of icon images
for the application and I want to add a couple more.</div></div>
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Old Program used to have 2 states I showed via different taskbar icons, now it
has 4.</div></div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE:small;TEXT-DECORATION:none;FONT-FAMILY:"Calibri";FONT-WEIGHT:normal;COLOR:#000000;FONT-STYLE:normal;DISPLAY:inline">Problem
– I cannot recall how I originally edited the resource, and D2007 does not seem
to have any tools to do it.</div></div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE:small;TEXT-DECORATION:none;FONT-FAMILY:"Calibri";FONT-WEIGHT:normal;COLOR:#000000;FONT-STYLE:normal;DISPLAY:inline">Resource
was originally created at least 2 Delphi versions and 2-3 PCs ago and whatever I
used I don’t have now.</div></div>
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have also D10 Seattle in case it helps...</div></div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE:small;TEXT-DECORATION:none;FONT-FAMILY:"Calibri";FONT-WEIGHT:normal;COLOR:#000000;FONT-STYLE:normal;DISPLAY:inline">The
alternative is to put the icons into an image list and use these to change the
application icon, but I am not sure if the image list holds icons OK and if this
works until I try it.</div></div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE:small;TEXT-DECORATION:none;FONT-FAMILY:"Calibri";FONT-WEIGHT:normal;COLOR:#000000;FONT-STYLE:normal;DISPLAY:inline">I
know later Delphi such as Seattle has snazzy tools extensions around Application
icon and toolbar buttons etc.</div></div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE:small;TEXT-DECORATION:none;FONT-FAMILY:"Calibri";FONT-WEIGHT:normal;COLOR:#000000;FONT-STYLE:normal;DISPLAY:inline">Any
quick advice on the simplest and most painless way to do this would be
appreciated.</div></div>
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