Adding icon to application?

[smacker]

I know in the compiler options there is a 'use icon' thing but this does not use the icon unless the icon to be used is in the same folder as the application. So how do I encode the icon into the application so the application has an icon without having to put the icon in the same folder?

[Dude]

Click the browse button next to that and browse to the icon.

[smacker]

that doesn't work like I want. It doesn't become part of the application, if the icon file is removed or moved the application no longer has an icon representing it.

[ts-soft]

You misunderstood something
If you compile to executable, the icon will be inserted as resource in you exe. You can move the exe without
loosing the icon!

If you compile to test with debugger, the icon have available in the path you have used.

Sorry for my bad english, Thomas

[smacker]

that's what I mean I guess, mine doesn't do that. When I compile the app the icon never shows up as the icon for the application. It will show as the icon for the app if the icon file is in the same folder as the compiled app but once the icon file is removed the app shows no icon. This is not running in the debugger testing but with an actual compiled app where the icon file has been selected for use in the compiler options.

Its really weird, permissions are good (all admin), the app compiles fine and works fine, etc...

So whats the trick or, based upon what was posted by you and Dude, do I have a bug or other issue?

[Dude]

I just did a test to make sure nothing got broken in the recent 5.51 update.

I set the "Use icon" setting for my app to "C:\Users\Limited\Desktop\App.ico" to point to an icon file on my desktop. I then compiled my app (located on my D: drive) and the exe built on my D: drive correctly shows the icon from my C: desktop. Then I deleted the icon from my C: desktop, but the exe on the D: drive still shows the icon, as expected.

Not sure why it's not working for you. Try it with your antivirus disabled, just to be sure there's no interference.

[smacker]

Ok, located the issue, kind of. I uninstalled Purebasic then re-installed it and issue is gone.