[RESOLVED] change icon, based on given path

[rockking]

hey everyone,

so i have this program i am workikng on, and i created a custom icon for it. i know that in visual studio i can just change the icon setting on the form to whatever icon i select and its changed. but i want to do it from within the program itself. that way if i feel like changing the icon to something different, i just write the path in the config file and it changes itself.

ideas?
here is the config key

<add key="icon" value="E:\Users\Owner\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\CS_CheckInCheckOut\CS_CheckInCheckOut\Icon.ico"/>

i tried this:

        string iconpath = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["icon"];
        public frmMain()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            this.KeyDown += new KeyEventHandler(frmMain_KeyDown);
            this.PreviewKeyDown += new PreviewKeyDownEventHandler(frmMain_PreviewKeyDown);
            textBox1.Text = "Last Name";
            textBox2.Text = "First Name";
            frmMain.Icon = iconpath;
        }

but it gave me this:

Error	2	An object reference is required for the non-static field, method, or property 'System.Windows.Forms.Form.Icon.get'	E:\Users\Owner\documents\visual studio 2010\Projects\CS_CheckInCheckOut\CS_CheckInCheckOut\Form1.cs	28	13	CS_CheckInCheckOut

i am going to search around the internet for answers, but please help me understand this.

thanks in advance,

rockking

[boudino]

I'm not sure it can work, but your compilation error is caused by the line frmMain.Icon = iconpath;, because from the syntaxt it seems that frmMain is a class (maybe descendant of a form) and it has not static property Icon. You have to change it to

this.Icon = new Icon(iconpath)

because you have to set an Icon to the property, not just the path.

[rockking]

hey

thanks for the help boudino, that worked perfectly and is great for using several icons in one project. thank you