Titlebar icon from exe?

ninja9578 · Post by **ninja9578** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 9:21 pm

Is there a way to change the icon on the titlebar of my main window to be the one that is embedded in the executable? I've searched the forums and google, but can't find what I'm looking for.

JimFairway · Post by **JimFairway** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:07 pm

Hi,

Pretty well every frame/dialog etc. type derives from wxTopLevelWindow, so you can call myFrame->SetIcon()

See http://docs.wxwidgets.org/stable/wx_wxt ... dowseticon

If you're using windows, you can get the same icon from your resource file.

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frame->SetIcon(wxIcon(wxT("ICON_MAIN")));

Hope that helps,

Jim

computerquip · Post by **computerquip** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:34 pm

Icons are usually dealt with within a .rc file (Resource File) but can be implemented in a class file as well. I'll give examples of both.

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aaaa ICON "wx/msw/std.ico"
//This is generated by Code::Blocks
#include "wx/msw/wx.rc"

This is an example implemented inside of a resource file. This is a LOT more simple than a C++ implementation.

For the C++ implementation, I'll of course use the built-in class called wxIcon.

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wxIcon icon(wxT("std.ico"), wxBITMAP_TYPE_ICO);
<toplevelwindow>->SetIcon(icon);

EDIT: I completely forgot to mention that SetIcon needs to be called in both versions of this. Icon being either the location of the icon in comparison to the program itself or being the name of the icon inside the embedded resource file. In this case, the resource file gives it the name of aaaa.

This is only valid for a wxTopLevelWindow for any of these of course. The resource file is more convenient and I believe there are some other features that come with it.
Also, I've never really tried but I'm not sure if you can embed the icon in your application if you use a C++ implemented function. I may be wrong.

ninja9578 · Post by **ninja9578** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 2:11 pm

I would really like to not have to package my software with the resource file. The resource file is embedded into the exe at compile time, like with most programs. Is there no way to get it out?

JimFairway · Post by **JimFairway** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 2:16 pm

Hi,

My post above is what I use to get the icon from the resource file, change "ICON_MAIN" to whatever label you've given your icon in your resource file.

Jim