Change Icon in catalog

[tlehnhaeuser]

I am trying to assign a different image to a stad catalog of parts we are creating. When I go to "Change Icon" it looks for an *.ico file. Is there a way to change image files to an *.ico file or is there an easier way to do this?

Tom - Magnacad

 

 

[Guest IronKevin]

Hi Tom,

 

You will need an image conversion progam to change standard images to .ico format.

 

Blackboard ImageVU is a cheap example I just found on the web:

http://store.yahoo.com/bsoftware/

 

You may even be able to find a free program out on the web, check sites like www.cnet.com or www.davecentral.com

 

I personally don't have an application to recommend (Internally I think we create icons with part of Microsoft's devlopment tools which are too expense for just this task alone).

 

Best regards,

IronKevin

 

 

[Robert Andersson]

Acctually Icon files are .BMP files just renamed to .ico

Besides that they have a specific size (in pixels) and a specific number of colors.

Make sure that your icons contains the standard icon sizes

(16x16, 32x32, and 48x48 in both 16-colors and 256-colors).

Robert Andersson

[Guest IronKevin]

Thanks Robert,

 

That must be the secret no Image software compeny wants us to know.

 

I appreciate the time you spend reading and posting to this sight.

 

thanks again,

IronKevin

 

 

[tlehnhaeuser]

Thanks Guys for all the help. I will try it out.

Tom

 

 

[tlehnhaeuser]

Robert, I tried your method and it works great. Just one thing for some reason it always changes the background to black even if the original image had a white backgroung.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Tom