Way to combine icons into DLL files

[car...@umassd.edu]

Is there some program or simple technique (using Visual C++) that I can
combine individual ICO files into a DLL file? I want to do this because I
have some 256 color icons that aren't compatible for some reason with ICL
files. Thanks.

[Stan Brown]

Program ICOSHOW. I can't remember whence I ftp-ed it, but you could
contact the author, Harald Pitro, at 10002...@compuserve.com.
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[A.A. Olowofoyeku]

car...@umassd.edu wrote:
: Is there some program or simple technique (using Visual C++) that I can

: combine individual ICO files into a DLL file? I want to do this because I
: have some 256 color icons that aren't compatible for some reason with ICL
: files. Thanks.

Create a resource (.RES) file. Then put all the .ico files into the .RES
file. Then link the .RES file into your source code, and compile. The
resulting binary (EXE or DLL) will contain all the icons. You don't need to
export anything. Any of the icons can be retrieved by a call to LoadIcon().

I don't use C++ myself so I can't tell you how to do it in C++. However,
this is what you would do in Borland Pascal.

{//// sample Borland Pascal code ///}
Library IcoLib; { we are compiling a DLL}
{$R icons.res} { link the resources from icons.res}
Begin
End.
{////// sample code ends ////}

That's it! Don't you just love Pascal :)

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