Better Way Of Handling CreateImageMenu() Images

[Blankname]

Currently the form designer generates code like this for handling images for a image menu.

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UsePNGImageDecoder()

Img_0 = LoadImage(#PB_Any,"C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\Editor\Icon\Open.png")

MenuItem(#MenuItem_2,"Open", ImageID(Img_0))

The problem is you have to distribute the icons with your program, and in the same directory hard coded into the application. Which is highly unconventional. So I think this should be changed (hopefully before 5.10 release). I have outlined example below of how to pack the icons with the executable itself.

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DataSection
  Image1: IncludeBinary "Icon\Open.png"
  Image2: IncludeBinary "Icon\Save.png"
EndDataSection

UsePNGImageDecoder()
CatchImage(1, ?Image1)
CatchImage(2, ?Image2)

MenuItem(#MENU_1, "Open", ImageID(1))
MenuItem(#MENU_2, "Save", ImageID(2))

This way your menu's can have icons, while also having a single .exe without any trailing data. It would be also nice if you are opening icons with the form designer in the same folder as the .pbf file. That it resolves paths to "Folder\Image.png" so you don't have to keep messing with the source each time you want to compile from a different location on your machine (see example above).

Also note: You are missing spaces in the following functions.

MenuItem(#MenuItem_2,<here>"Open", ImageID(Img_0))
LoadImage(#PB_Any,<here>"C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\Editor\Icon\Open.png")

[luciano]

There is an "Image Manager" in Form Designer, there you can select many image options and of course you can catch all the images that you want to be embedded in the exe file.

[Blankname]

There is an "Image Manager" in Form Designer, there you can select many image options and of course you can catch all the images that you want to be embedded in the exe file.

I was unaware of this

P.S. CatchImage? | PBAny? => CatchImage | PBAny (the question marks are quite un-needed)