How to add icons my package components: what changed
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| 1 | + | We have package "my_pkg" with components TComp1, TComp2 and want to add icons for components to IDE component pallete. | |
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| 3 | + | First we have to make .png 24x24 files: tcomp1.png, tcomp2.png. If you want to get them from Delphi package, you can use the free "XN Resource Editor" to export icons from .dcr files. | |
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| 5 | + | Now we need app "lazres". It's located in "tools" subfolder of IDE folder. Compile it under Windows: "c:\lazarus\tools\lazres.lpi" to lazres.exe. We use lazres.exe to create Lazarus resource file .lrs from .png files: | |
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| 7 | + | ` c:\lazarus\tools\lazres.exe my_icons.lrs *.png` | |
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| 9 | + | Into package my_pkg we add file my_icons.lrs (tab "Add file", type LRS). At least one unit in package must have: | |
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| 11 | + | - "initialization" in which we must write | |
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| 13 | + | ` {$I my_icons.lrs}` | |
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| 15 | + | - also "uses LResources" in this unit. | |
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| 20 | 17 | Compile and install the package, two icons must appear. | |
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| 20 | + | *From the Free Pascal wiki, page "How to add icons my package components", as it stood on 2015-07-26 after a change by Jwdietrich, out of the wiki's dump of 2024-05-26. Copyright stays with the author who wrote it, according to the old wiki's [[Licensing]] page. If you have concerns about this material, [message the admin](/wiki-contact).* | |
| 21 | + | Category: Packages |