Change the .EXE file Icon??
Change the .EXE file Icon??
okay, maybe this has nothin to do with Qbasic but well, i gotta ask
i was wondering if any1 kno how to change the icon of the .EXE file once u r done with the game or program well, thats all, and i kno it has nothing to see with QB :d
i was wondering if any1 kno how to change the icon of the .EXE file once u r done with the game or program well, thats all, and i kno it has nothing to see with QB :d
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Ummm...if it's made with QB. I believe you can right-click. Go to the properties. Then somewhere there's an option to change the ICON. I don't know really. I use to do it myself somehow. But whether or not that's because I was changing the ICON of a shortcut file or changing the actual icon I don't remember.
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Saddly.. As far as I can see and tested you can't.. You can make a short-cut and change its icon...
You do this by "Right" clicking the file,. puch in "Properties" from the list, and then "Change Icon" on the menu somewhere,. Then browse for the set you want...
I got a set I downladed of funny little Nerds (The Willy Wonker candy),.. like a calc proggy Im doing in FB uses one with a Nerd in a sailboat,. hehe,. looks funny...
http://members.aol.com/rattrapmax6/fbfi ... ulator.zip
^^ If you'd like to see it, its in EXE form... Few bugs to work out, but still, very cool.. hehe....
You do this by "Right" clicking the file,. puch in "Properties" from the list, and then "Change Icon" on the menu somewhere,. Then browse for the set you want...
I got a set I downladed of funny little Nerds (The Willy Wonker candy),.. like a calc proggy Im doing in FB uses one with a Nerd in a sailboat,. hehe,. looks funny...
http://members.aol.com/rattrapmax6/fbfi ... ulator.zip
^^ If you'd like to see it, its in EXE form... Few bugs to work out, but still, very cool.. hehe....
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yeah, well i actually downloaded a game called "LINE"(not a very good one) and it had a icon.. i dont think this is even posibble but who knows?
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Wow! thanks for the demo plasma, i was just wondering how'd u make that heh thanks
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All Windows (NE or PE) executables have a DOS "stub" program at the beginning. Usually this is just a small program that displays "This program cannot be run in DOS mode" or something similar. Some linkers let you specify your own DOS stub, which can actually be any DOS program. There is no size restriction.
So what I did was create a small win32 program that loads and executes the DOS stub of itself, and then I used qbasic.exe for the stub. When run under DOS, the stub executes, and the win32 program is ignored. When run under Windows, the win32 program loads and runs the stub. Since the executable is technically a PE, adding an icon is easy.
When I get some more time, I'll try to make a toolkit with this so you can add icons to your own exes.
To anarky: The win32 stub loader I wrote sets the child process priority to low. This is probably what fixes your problem. You can try this with "normal" DOS programs by changing the NTVDM priority to low in the Windows Task Manager once you have started your DOS program.
So what I did was create a small win32 program that loads and executes the DOS stub of itself, and then I used qbasic.exe for the stub. When run under DOS, the stub executes, and the win32 program is ignored. When run under Windows, the win32 program loads and runs the stub. Since the executable is technically a PE, adding an icon is easy.
When I get some more time, I'll try to make a toolkit with this so you can add icons to your own exes.
To anarky: The win32 stub loader I wrote sets the child process priority to low. This is probably what fixes your problem. You can try this with "normal" DOS programs by changing the NTVDM priority to low in the Windows Task Manager once you have started your DOS program.
Thanks
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I am Brandon a GUI programer from NY.I only have WinXP on my PCs and QB doesn't always work right in it so I would like to make QB4.5 work like it was a Windows app!!
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THe only compiler that gives me problem on startup is a message is the QB P.D.S. so could someone please make it a windows app? ....been bugging me since I installed XP lol
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Whoah I almost forgot about this thread...
The original QBASIC.EXE (v1.1) was packed with PKLITE, I didn't change anything there.
I already fixed the PDS warning message with my XP floppy patch.
Here's the QB 4.5 IDE "iconized" for anybody who wants it: http://www.phatcode.net/stuff/qb45_icon.zip
I'll finish the loader kit after EMS Magic, probably 1-2 more months.
The original QBASIC.EXE (v1.1) was packed with PKLITE, I didn't change anything there.
I already fixed the PDS warning message with my XP floppy patch.
Here's the QB 4.5 IDE "iconized" for anybody who wants it: http://www.phatcode.net/stuff/qb45_icon.zip
I'll finish the loader kit after EMS Magic, probably 1-2 more months.