How to change the application icon?

[Anthony Zhang]

I have been trying to change the mainframe icon (MFC icon) provided by VC++ without success.
What I did was replacing the icon with another one and re-compile. It didn't work. The MFC icon
is still displayed on the mainframe and for the application exe. file. Is there any other thing I should
also change to make it work. Could somebody give me some hints. Any tips would be appreciated.

[Bob Clarke]

You need to either use the resource editor and change IDR_MAINFRAME (and don't forget to change both the 32x32 image and the 16x16 image), or you can import a new icon, delete the existing IDR_MAINFRAME icon, and rename the imported one. Again, both the 32x32 and 16x16 versions of the icon need to be changed for the proper icon to display under all circumstances.

[Anthony Zhang]

Hi, Bob,

Thanks a lot for your advice. It works well. I have now changed the 16x16 image
and recompiled. It worked as expected.

Regards,


Anthony