Icons,,,

[Fred Raud]

just what would be a good piece of software to creat icons for programs in VB or C,,,I never got deep into VB,,,then(probably by mistake) started playing in C,,and every program i compile has the normal windows executable icon,,,id like to start making my own,,,

id didnt know if i could just use paint to do it,,or if there was some software i need to get,,,

Fred Raud

[Bond]

If you have Microsoft Visual C++, you can use the Resource Editor to create your own icons. It has its limitations, however. It cannot do the sweet-looking XP-style icons with mucho colors.

You CAN create "icons" in Paint, save them as BMP's, and use a program called BMPtoICO to convert them.

If you want to get REAL fancy, you can create them the way Microsoft does. I'll post a link to a XP-icon how-to.

[Bond]

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnwxp/html/winxpicons.asp