Comments on: Extracting executable file icon under SWT http://www.milewski.ws/2009/03/extracting-executable-file-icon-under-swt/ foobar damaged brain Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:08:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Łukasz Milewski http://www.milewski.ws/2009/03/extracting-executable-file-icon-under-swt/comment-page-1/#comment-415 Łukasz Milewski Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:18:43 +0000 http://www.milewski.ws/?p=334#comment-415 @Felipe, yes, did that and this is where I've placed my own method, unfortunately you can't create Program object to specific executable file, you can only get Program object that will hold information about application that is associated with specific file type. @Felipe, yes, did that and this is where I’ve placed my own method, unfortunately you can’t create Program object to specific executable file, you can only get Program object that will hold information about application that is associated with specific file type.

]]> By: Felipe Heidrich http://www.milewski.ws/2009/03/extracting-executable-file-icon-under-swt/comment-page-1/#comment-414 Felipe Heidrich Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:54:40 +0000 http://www.milewski.ws/?p=334#comment-414 Search references to ExtractIconEx in SWT... You'll find Program#getImageData() Search references to ExtractIconEx in SWT…
You’ll find Program#getImageData()

]]> By: Pascal Rapicault http://www.milewski.ws/2009/03/extracting-executable-file-icon-under-swt/comment-page-1/#comment-384 Pascal Rapicault Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:04:48 +0000 http://www.milewski.ws/?p=334#comment-384 If that helps, note that PDE Build has something called a branding iron that allows you to replace the icon inside an exe. If that helps, note that PDE Build has something called a branding iron that allows you to replace the icon inside an exe.

]]> By: Steve http://www.milewski.ws/2009/03/extracting-executable-file-icon-under-swt/comment-page-1/#comment-383 Steve Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:56:36 +0000 http://www.milewski.ws/?p=334#comment-383 The problem is that other platforms, such as Linux GTK, don't keep an icon inside an executable. Therefore, offering portable API to do this in SWT is a problem because it cannot be implemented on all platforms. Having said that, it is possible to offer API as a hint and have it fail gracefully on platforms that don't support it. The trick here is to make sure the failure is graceful. In the case of the "icon for an exe", is it critical that an application get this? Getting null on platforms that don't support it (ie non-Windows) is probably ok. The problem is that other platforms, such as Linux GTK, don’t keep an icon inside an executable. Therefore, offering portable API to do this in SWT is a problem because it cannot be implemented on all platforms.

Having said that, it is possible to offer API as a hint and have it fail gracefully on platforms that don’t support it. The trick here is to make sure the failure is graceful. In the case of the “icon for an exe”, is it critical that an application get this? Getting null on platforms that don’t support it (ie non-Windows) is probably ok.

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