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Add an icon to a program
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 1:38 am
by Armoured
Hi
How I can add an icon to a Linux PureBasic program?
In Linux the icons are external files?
Thanks
Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:45 am
by walker
yes, the are external files...
add an icon with:
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gtk_window_set_icon_name_(*window, stockitem$);
if it's a stock item
(
*window a pointer to your Window
stockitem$ is a Gtk-stockItem)
or
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gtk_window_set_icon_(*window,*icon);
a pointer to your Window
*icon must be a pointer to a
GdkPixbuf
or
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gtk_window_set_icon_from_file_(*window, *filename, *err)
a pointer to your Window
*filename ..... well the path to your icon
*err a variable for which contais the error (if any occurs)
I guess the function you'll need is the third one.... (don't know it exactely but I think you an use every image-format GTK+ knows... and that are a lot....
)
Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 12:13 am
by Armoured
hi walker
gtk_window_set_icon_from_file_(*window, *filename, *err) doesn't work any more with purebasic 4.10 is a bug?
This problems come up when I try to compile an unicode executable.
Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 9:26 am
by walker
no bug... gtk expects utf-8 formated strings.... the filename you pass isn't... that's something I had to learn too
see
http://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewtopic.php?t=29302 and try that with
gtk_window_set_icon_from_file_() it will work
Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 10:42 am
by Armoured
Ok!
I try this:
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iconpath.s = GetPathPart(ProgramFilename()) + "Icon.png"
iconerror.l = 0
pathutf8.s = Space(255)
PokeS(@pathutf8,iconpath,#PB_UTF8)
gtk_window_set_icon_from_file_(Wpointer, @pathutf8, @iconerror)
where is the error?
Thanks
Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 11:57 am
by walker
first, if you use the flags parameter at PokeS, you have to add the length (or -1 for the whole length) otherwise the flag is treaten as length.....
second, import the needed function to pass the pseudo variable type p-utf8 and let PB translate the string into the desired format (see pseudotypes section in the manual)
here a working example:
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ImportC "/usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so"
gtk_window_set_icon_from_file(*window,icon.p-utf8,*error)
EndImport
iconpath.s = GetPathPart(ProgramFilename()) + "Icon.png"
iconerror.l = 0
pathutf8.s = Space(255)
PokeS(@pathutf8,iconpath,-1,#PB_UTF8)
Wpointer=OpenWindow(#PB_Any ,0,0,200,100,"Icon-Test",#PB_Window_ScreenCentered|#PB_Window_SystemMenu)
gtk_window_set_icon_from_file(WindowID(Wpointer), PeekS(@iconpath), iconerror)
Repeat
Until WaitWindowEvent(1)=#PB_Event_CloseWindow
Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 1:33 pm
by Armoured
Thanks walker!
only one thing the import part is useless
Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 1:49 pm
by walker
well.. not if you want to create an exe with unicode
enabled..... but you can delete the line
PokeS(...) in this example
Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 8:34 pm
by Armoured
walker wrote:well.. not if you want to create an exe with unicode
enabled..... but you can delete the line
PokeS(...) in this example
Hi walker
Here work well without the include part. Please try yourself.
Thanks again!
Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 8:50 pm
by Beach
Thanks for this code snippet! Works well here.
Is there a way to include the image with "IncludeBinary" and use it for the icon? No big deal if not, just curious.
Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 9:43 pm
by walker
ohhhh... yesssss.. now I see what you mean..
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iconpath.s = GetPathPart(ProgramFilename()) + "Icon.png"
iconerror.l = 0
pathutf8.s = Space(255)
PokeS(@pathutf8,iconpath,-1,#PB_UTF8)
Wpointer=OpenWindow(#PB_Any ,0,0,200,100,"Icon-Test",#PB_Window_ScreenCentered|#PB_Window_SystemMenu)
gtk_window_set_icon_from_file_(WindowID(Wpointer), PeekS(@pathutf8), iconerror)
Repeat
Until WaitWindowEvent(1)=#PB_Event_CloseWindow
this way it will work without the Import....
@beach: yes, that would be possible.. but needs a little work as you can pass a GDKPixbuf to
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gtk_window_set_icon_(*window,*icon);
if you include a png or whatever, you first have to create the PixBuf from it... I'd never tried this... but I will have a look how it would work...
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 11:37 am
by bembulak
Maybe this helps:
http://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewtop ... highlight=
I asked for this some time ago and Freak posted a working example. It's great, though I'd like to load the icon from a file instead of using a data section.
I you'll get it working, please let us know. Thanks.