Using Custom Icons
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The QuickWin run-time library provides default icons for your
application and its child windows. Windows displays these icons
when the user minimizes the application's frame window or its
child windows.
You can add custom-made icons to your executable file, and
Windows will display them instead of the default icons.
To add icons to your QuickWin program, follow these steps:
1. Create the icon files, using SDKPaint (provided with the
Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit) or a similar
tool.
2. Create a resource script with the contents
FRAMEICON ICON frame.ico
CHILDICON ICON child.ico
where frame.ico and child.ico are the names of the files
containing the frame and child icons.
The icon resources must have the resource names FRAMEICON
and CHILDICON. (NOTE: You do not have to include
both icons.)
3. Using the Microsoft Windows Resource Compiler provided with
the Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit, compile the
icon resources and add them to your executable file.
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