Launcher Wizard: Define Launcher Icon
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In this step of the launcher wizard,
you define the icon for the generated launcher.
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If you would like to associate a custom icon with your launcher, select the "add icon
to launcher" check box.
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In the Cross platform section you can choose icon files in the PNG image format
(extension *.png) in various sizes. It is recommend to add at least the formats 16x16, 32x32, 48x48
and 128x128.
On Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X, the generated executable will have an icon with
these images, on other platforms,
these image files will be used for desktop integration. It is recommended to use 32-bit
images
with an alpha channel, 8 bit-palette images will be generated where required. Generated
Windows icons
contain traditional 256 color images and 32-bit images with an alpha channel ("Windows
XP icons").
However, it is also possible to use 8 bit-palette images with a transparency color
for the input image files.
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If you have an external icon file for Microsoft Windows,
you can select the Use ICO file option in the Windows section and
choose an icon file (extension *.ico) in the text field below. With the
Generate from PNG files option, the icon will be generated as described in the
Cross platform section.
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If you have an external icon file for Mac OS X,
you can select the Use ICNS file in the Mac OS X section and
choose a Mac OS X icon file (extension *.icns) in the text field below. With the
Generate from PNG files option, the icon will be generated as described in the
Cross platform section. Mac OS X icons can be generated on Mac OS X with the Icon Composer
application located in /Developer/Applications. Other possibilities are the free
IMG2ICNS and
png2icns applications.
Note: If the project has already been saved, relative file paths will be
interpreted as relative to the project file.