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Thx!!!

Does anyone know anything about icons? all the icons on my computer looks really fancy and stuff, but when i wana make my own, i am maxed out on 16 colors!!! allso, when i compile my window, all the icons are still the same, no matter what icon i've drawn. Allso icons (in explorer) has diffrent sizes depending on where they are and stuff, does this mean i need several diffrent icons etc? if anyone know about a good tutorial explaining that, i'd be gratefull :D
Or if someone knows anything about it and can explain it here :)
i am searching myself too.

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Originally Posted by dahwan

Thx!!!

Does anyone know anything about icons?

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There are 1000 tds of ´free iconlibraries in the web.But if you want to draw your own then use Microangelo which is 30 days free trial and really cheap. ( I use this ) Then you have tools for winowsstyled colors and all that you need to do great icons. In your Petzolld book I think there are examples how to implement icons by code.

ok, i figured out the color thing. What the problem is now is that i cant attach the icon to the form:

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this.Icon = new Icon( no idea what to put here );

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i have the icon "mainIcon.ico" in the same directory as the .cs file if that helps....

oh, i didn't see your last post untill now, Poet. I'll check the book, and get back to you if it doesnt help =)

ok, i managed to get the icon into the file and compile it. The problem is that the icon is only displayed in explorer when i am viewing icons in 32x32. But the top left corner of my form has a litle picture of a piece of paper, and not my icon. So my idea is that i need several icon files. one of them in 32x32 and one smaller. But how do i approach this?
Plz help, Poet :D

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Originally Posted by dahwan

ok, i managed to get the icon into the file and compile it. The problem is that the icon is only displayed in explorer when i am viewing icons in 32x32. But the top left corner of my form has a litle picture of a piece of paper, and not my icon. So my idea is that i need several icon files. one of them in 32x32 and one smaller. But how do i approach this?
Plz help, Poet :D

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If you have Icons 32x32 and you want to show them e.g. in the toolstrip in a size of 16x16 then do

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this.toolStripButton2.DisplayStyle = System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItemDisplayStyle.Image;
this.toolStripButton2.Image = global::WindowsApplication1.Properties.Resources.myPicture1;
this.toolStripButton2.ImageScaling = System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItemImageScaling.SizeToFit;

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In this case I have my pictures in the resources File and the picture is named myPicture1
Using ImageScaling as SizeToFit you will have 16x16 pictures and if you have None then you will get 32x32 as this is the original size of the image. thats the easiest way to do it.

PS.: :D Isn't your Icon ( 1 kow C# ) a bit toooo arrogant ?:p :rolleyes: :D

oh, is it arrogant? sorry, my english kinda sucks. i`ll change it if you want.
i found out about the icons. thanks for the help.

ps. i am on vacation at the mountain. took me days untill i realised i could use my phone with 3G.
i will get it connected to my PC before i post up my next prob =D

(writing with this is fun :D)

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Originally Posted by dahwan

oh, is it arrogant? sorry, my english kinda sucks. i`ll change it if you want.

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I was joking :D oh god :rolleyes: thats all about :D

oh, ok ^^

OK, problem, live from Norway:

I am having thread problems. In my wysiwyg editor, i want to preview the internet page in my editor, so i have a "run" button. When i click it, i save a temporary html file with richtxtbox1.Text in it. When its run, it shows:

System.Windows.Forms.RichTextBox, Text: //content

how do i get rid of the "System.Windows.Forms.RichTextBox, Text:" ?

second problem: i wanted to display the page IN my editor, so i made a webBrowser window. Now, this compiles fiiine, but it errors and babbles about threads when i click "run". run is suposed to pop up a new window with a webBrowser in it.
It sais that activeX control cannot run because current thread is not in a STA. I have allso tried to make a new thread and run the window in it, but threads is not one of my strong sides (if i at all have any strong sides), and i need help with it.

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using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Threading;
using System.Collections;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using WebSlinger.Properties;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

namespace editor
{
    class testRunWindow : Form
    {
        private WebBrowser browserWindow;

        public testRunWindow()
        {
            //
            //
            //TestRun window
            this.Text = "Options";      //titlebar text
            this.Width /= 2;            //width
            this.Height /= 2;          //height
            //
            //
            //Browser window
            browserWindow = new WebBrowser();     
            browserWindow.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;    //dock
            browserWindow.Parent = this;            //parent
            browserWindow.Url = new Uri("http://www.google.com"); //adress
        }
    }
}

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how do i make this work?

Re STA Thread If you look into one of my examples where I showed you to separate Main from the Form you see the solution

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static class Program
{
[STAThread]
static void Main()
.....

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Here you declare the thread to be STAThread ( SingleThreadedApplication )

Another small point to correct your coding style: The following you can really learn from looking how the wizzard does

private fields begins with small letters but Classnames, Namespaces Functions, Properties everytime begins with big letters so we have
namespace Editor, class TestRunWindow .... Please accept this and correct your coding Style this way

thanks, i'll try this

btw, i think its "single threaded apartment"

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Originally Posted by dahwan

thanks, i'll try this

btw, i think its "single threaded apartment"

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Yes, I think you are correct. Thats one of this abbreviations where I like to do my own interpretation. :D

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Originally Posted by dahwan

OK, problem, live from Norway:

When i click run, i save a temporary html file with richtxtbox1.Text in it. When its run, it shows:

System.Windows.Forms.RichTextBox, Text: //content

how do i get rid of the "System.Windows.Forms.RichTextBox, Text:" ?

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still a problem

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Originally Posted by dahwan

still a problem

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Please show full code Best way zip it