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I have looked for this answer but no luck so far

In VB 6 I could used a resource file to hold icons which I could then use
throughout my program.
I have not yet found out hw to do this in VB.net.

Could someone point me in the right direction please

thankyou

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Nov 20 '05 #1
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Hello,

"Barry" <ne**@bazmech.n et> schrieb:
I have looked for this answer but no luck so far

In VB 6 I could used a resource file to hold icons which
I could then use throughout my program.
I have not yet found out hw to do this in VB.net.


Add the icon file to your project and set its 'Build Action' property to
'Embedded Resource'. You can use the code below to load the icon at
runtime:

\\\
foo.Icon = _
New Icon( _
[Assembly].GetExecutingAs sembly().GetMan ifestResourceSt ream( _
"WindowsApplica tion1.Ball.ico" _
) _
)
///

'WindowsApplica tion1' is the root namespace of the application, "Ball.ico"
is the icon's filename.
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Herfried K. Wagner
MVP · VB Classic, VB.NET
http://www.mvps.org/dotnet
Nov 20 '05 #2
VS.net comes with a Resource Editor. MS ships only the source code for it
not the executable.
You may find it at:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET\Framework SDK\Samples\Tut orials\resource sandlocalizatio n\reseditor

If you use the batch file to comile the source code, you need to run the
batch file from .Net Command Prompt.

Once compiled, you can create .res or .resx files using the Resource Editor
and include the .Res(x) file in your project.
"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi*******@m.ac tivevb.de> wrote in message
news:e8******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP12.phx.gbl...
Hello,

"Barry" <ne**@bazmech.n et> schrieb:
I have looked for this answer but no luck so far

In VB 6 I could used a resource file to hold icons which
I could then use throughout my program.
I have not yet found out hw to do this in VB.net.


Add the icon file to your project and set its 'Build Action' property to
'Embedded Resource'. You can use the code below to load the icon at
runtime:

\\\
foo.Icon = _
New Icon( _
[Assembly].GetExecutingAs sembly().GetMan ifestResourceSt ream( _
"WindowsApplica tion1.Ball.ico" _
) _
)
///

'WindowsApplica tion1' is the root namespace of the application, "Ball.ico"
is the icon's filename.
--
Herfried K. Wagner
MVP · VB Classic, VB.NET
http://www.mvps.org/dotnet

Nov 20 '05 #3
Hello,

"Nice Chap" <Ni******@Plasm aDyne.com> schrieb:
VS.net comes with a Resource Editor. MS ships only the source
code for it not the executable.


Have a look at the "WinRes.Exe " tool too.

--
Herfried K. Wagner
MVP · VB Classic, VB.NET
http://www.mvps.org/dotnet
Nov 20 '05 #4

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