Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!microsoft!michaelt From: michaelt@microsoft.UUCP (Michael THURLKILL) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: ICON.DLL Message-ID: <55615@microsoft.UUCP> Date: 3 Jul 90 17:30:32 GMT References: Reply-To: michaelt@microsoft.UUCP (Michael THURLKILL) Distribution: comp Organization: Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA Lines: 31 In article mr@cica.cica.indiana.edu (Michael Regoli) writes: >][ > >Over the weekend someone uploaded icons.zip to our informal anon-ftp >Win3 archive here at cica.cica.indiana.edu [129.79.20.22]. While I >sincerely appreciate all the uploads recently, a .DOC file or >something would be nice for things like this! It would help me assemble >the INDEX file, etc., etc. > >I have no idea what this file is but a huge collection of icons. >Loading icon.dll as a "program item" allows you to toggle through a >huge collection of colorful, clever icons, but how is this file used? >The messsage: "! No association exists for the specified file" comes >up when you double click on the "Icon" icon (!). > In Progman-File-Properties...-Change Icon... you can give a path in the File Name field. Progman will look in the file you specify for any icons and will allow you to use one of those icons for your app. In other words, in Progman you could have Excel's icon displayed for your app. You can also specify an .ICO file, and Progman will look there for your icon. In addition, you could create a resource only DLL that contains a number of icons, which you could then use for various apps. I would suspect that this was the intended use of the icon dll that was posted. Mike Thurlkill Disclaimer: These are my opinions. They should not be mis-construed as being correct or having any relation to my employer.