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Customised EXE Icons

Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2003 8:33 pm
by Gen-ik
I've just created my own Messenger app which is a single .exe (executable file for Windows) and I would like to change it's icon from the default one to a customised one so that the icon gets copied/distributed with the file.

Does anyone know how to do this 'cause I'm stumped (never needed to do it before).

Any help would be great.

Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2003 7:57 am
by igoy
you have made this application as I assume ?

you can use resource hacker. search google for it for replacing it's default icon to the icon of your choise.

Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2003 8:29 am
by Gen-ik
I found a small program that lets me edit the icons on files.. which is what I was after. Trouble is it's shareware (30 day trial) and I'm not forking out 30 quid just to change a few pixels on a file.

I'll keep looking. Thanks for your help.

Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2003 8:43 am
by igoy
Well' I just found link to resource hacker wesite,
hope this helps

http://www.users.on.net/johnson/resourcehacker/

Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2003 12:59 pm
by Gen-ik
Thank-you igoy, that looks like it will do the job.

Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2003 3:56 pm
by Fredix
what IDE and language have you used to make your program.

Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2003 4:15 pm
by Gen-ik
The Messenger I've created (well it's at a beta stage anyway) for my new site is created from a couple of well known and well used web-based technologies... mixed with a bit of imagination and raw talent ;)

I'm not stealing anyone elses program if that's what you were asking.

Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2003 5:08 pm
by Fredix
:roll: oh man....

If you used the IDEs for eg. VB or VC++ you could change the properties for the program-icon easily. THAT's what I wanted to say

Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2003 5:32 pm
by Gen-ik
Cool.

I'm using the 'resource hack' application (mentioned above) to change the icons on the .exe file and it does the trick really well. The actual .exe file is basically an auto-installation app which has all of the required files in it but it's got a really bad icon... and I obviously wanted to change it to suit the site and make it look a bit more 'pro' ;)

Thanks any way mate.

Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 4:14 am
by igoy
Well, just lil' curious.. what kind of Messenger you are creating ?

what I mean is, is it complete web based messenger like ICQ, MSN or Yahoo, or is it LAN based for private usage ?

Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 7:23 am
by Gen-ik
It's more geared towards one-on-one conversations but you can have multiple users chatting together. At the moment I've limited it to 20 users in each 'room'... although I doubt that many people will actually use the thing :)

It's a stand-alone application (ie not browser based) but you will need to be on-line to use it.

Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 7:50 am
by igoy
oh okay, basically I was searching once some good LANchat application to deploy in network of comapny I was working for. What I wanted was a very basic and easy-to-use app.

By far, ICQ groupware was a good experience, but for many people (specially who wasn't exposed to ICQ) it was pretty complex.

Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 8:33 am
by Gen-ik
Yeah, I've made mine as easy to use as possible. You download it from the site, un-zip it, and that's all there is to it. To log-in into it you will use the same username/password as you do on the website so you don't have to create another account.

I guess it can also be easily tweaked to run off-line on an intranet. Depending on what sort of mood I'm in I might make it available in an off-line version as well now that you've mentioned the 'company network' thing.

Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 9:53 am
by igoy
That's nice of you Gen-iK,

Since now I work as freenlancer I Dropped the Idea of creating my own Messenger App :). I was planning make one using Flash, since now there is no need I dropped the idea.

Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2003 1:32 am
by volka
Fredix wrote::roll: oh man....

If you used the IDEs for eg. VB or VC++ you could change the properties for the program-icon easily. THAT's what I wanted to say
the question still remains: How and using what did you write the app?