Re: Can dmd compile a favicon.ico to exe file ?
On 22/05/2023 11:18 PM, John Xu wrote: When I put resource.rc in sourceFiles, dub said, "Error: unrecognized file extension rc"; When I put resource.res in sourceFiles, dub said,"resource.res : fatal error LNK1136: Invalid or damaged file. Error: linker exited with status 1136" Yes, .res is the correct file extension, that is the output of the rc compiler. That linker error would suggest that you need to use Microsoft's tool to compile the resource.rc file. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/menurc/using-rc-the-rc-command-line-
Re: Can dmd compile a favicon.ico to exe file ?
On Friday, 19 May 2023 at 21:19:07 UTC, Richard (Rikki) Andrew Cattermole wrote: On 19/05/2023 9:39 PM, John Xu wrote: On Thursday, 18 May 2023 at 15:39:05 UTC, Richard (Rikki) Andrew Cattermole wrote: On 19/05/2023 2:19 AM, John Xu wrote: On Monday, 15 May 2023 at 03:54:03 UTC, Richard (Rikki) Andrew Cattermole wrote: That is only for OMF target. You need rc that comes with Visual Studio C++ build tools. Alternatively windres from mingw may work (I haven't tested). How can I add this step to dub.sdl ? You would use one of the build commands and then put the result file name into source files. However you may not want to require it in normal builds (since the file it outputs won't change you can just commit that) just to ensure your build is reproducible. sourceFiles ? or libFiles ? sourceFiles. libFiles is for shared libraries. When I put resource.rc in sourceFiles, dub said, "Error: unrecognized file extension rc"; When I put resource.res in sourceFiles, dub said,"resource.res : fatal error LNK1136: Invalid or damaged file. Error: linker exited with status 1136"
Re: Can dmd compile a favicon.ico to exe file ?
On 19/05/2023 9:39 PM, John Xu wrote: On Thursday, 18 May 2023 at 15:39:05 UTC, Richard (Rikki) Andrew Cattermole wrote: On 19/05/2023 2:19 AM, John Xu wrote: On Monday, 15 May 2023 at 03:54:03 UTC, Richard (Rikki) Andrew Cattermole wrote: That is only for OMF target. You need rc that comes with Visual Studio C++ build tools. Alternatively windres from mingw may work (I haven't tested). How can I add this step to dub.sdl ? You would use one of the build commands and then put the result file name into source files. However you may not want to require it in normal builds (since the file it outputs won't change you can just commit that) just to ensure your build is reproducible. sourceFiles ? or libFiles ? sourceFiles. libFiles is for shared libraries.
Re: Can dmd compile a favicon.ico to exe file ?
On Thursday, 18 May 2023 at 15:39:05 UTC, Richard (Rikki) Andrew Cattermole wrote: On 19/05/2023 2:19 AM, John Xu wrote: On Monday, 15 May 2023 at 03:54:03 UTC, Richard (Rikki) Andrew Cattermole wrote: That is only for OMF target. You need rc that comes with Visual Studio C++ build tools. Alternatively windres from mingw may work (I haven't tested). How can I add this step to dub.sdl ? You would use one of the build commands and then put the result file name into source files. However you may not want to require it in normal builds (since the file it outputs won't change you can just commit that) just to ensure your build is reproducible. sourceFiles ? or libFiles ?
Re: Can dmd compile a favicon.ico to exe file ?
On 19/05/2023 2:19 AM, John Xu wrote: On Monday, 15 May 2023 at 03:54:03 UTC, Richard (Rikki) Andrew Cattermole wrote: That is only for OMF target. You need rc that comes with Visual Studio C++ build tools. Alternatively windres from mingw may work (I haven't tested). How can I add this step to dub.sdl ? You would use one of the build commands and then put the result file name into source files. However you may not want to require it in normal builds (since the file it outputs won't change you can just commit that) just to ensure your build is reproducible.
Re: Can dmd compile a favicon.ico to exe file ?
On Monday, 15 May 2023 at 03:54:03 UTC, Richard (Rikki) Andrew Cattermole wrote: That is only for OMF target. You need rc that comes with Visual Studio C++ build tools. Alternatively windres from mingw may work (I haven't tested). How can I add this step to dub.sdl ?
Re: Can dmd compile a favicon.ico to exe file ?
That is only for OMF target. You need rc that comes with Visual Studio C++ build tools. Alternatively windres from mingw may work (I haven't tested).
Re: Can dmd compile a favicon.ico to exe file ?
On Monday, 15 May 2023 at 02:45:17 UTC, John Xu wrote: Found a related link: https://forum.dlang.org/thread/wogdypudrmrgwjysf...@forum.dlang.org Where Adam D Ruppe informed rcc.exe from http://ftp.digitalmars.com/bup.zip ... Any help? My isp.ico was converted from a png with gimp, used in C# programs before, shouldn't have any problem. Searched bing.com about "Windows 3.0 icon", bing didn't give much info. I figured out that the rcc on ftp.digitalmars.com only supports 8-bit non-compressed icon format. We'll need a newer rcc.exe which can support 24-bit/32-bit/compressed-contents icon format.
Re: Can dmd compile a favicon.ico to exe file ?
Found a related link: https://forum.dlang.org/thread/wogdypudrmrgwjysf...@forum.dlang.org Where Adam D Ruppe informed rcc.exe from http://ftp.digitalmars.com/bup.zip But, I got problem: rcc -r .\resource.rc IDI_ICON1 ICON DISCARDABLE "isp.ico" ^ .\resource.rc(1) : Error: 'isp.ico' doesn't contain a valid Windows 3.0 icon resourc Any help? My isp.ico was converted from a png with gimp, used in C# programs before, shouldn't have any problem. Searched bing.com about "Windows 3.0 icon", bing didn't give much info.
Re: Can dmd compile a favicon.ico to exe file ?
On Friday, 12 May 2023 at 02:09:17 UTC, ryuukk_ wrote: create a ``ressource.rc`` file and paste: ``` IDI_ICON1 ICON DISCARDABLE "myicon.ico" ``` then put your ``mycon.ico`` file next to it ``` my_project\ app.d ressource.rc myicon.ico ``` ``` dmd app.d ressource.rc Thanks for your quick reply. I'll give a try.
Re: Can dmd compile a favicon.ico to exe file ?
On Friday, 12 May 2023 at 01:41:10 UTC, John Xu wrote: I saw c# program's exe, often have an favicon.ico image bound together, which can be dragged to desktop. Can dmd compile an icon image to an exe also? you can, if i remember correctly create a ``ressource.rc`` file and paste: ``` IDI_ICON1 ICON DISCARDABLE "myicon.ico" ``` then put your ``mycon.ico`` file next to it ``` my_project\ app.d ressource.rc myicon.ico ``` ``` dmd app.d ressource.rc ``` it should create an .exe that has the icon
Can dmd compile a favicon.ico to exe file ?
I saw c# program's exe, often have an favicon.ico image bound together, which can be dragged to desktop. Can dmd compile an icon image to an exe also?
