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| author | Mitch Curtis <mitch.curtis@qt.io> | 2018-10-08 10:32:30 +0200 |
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| committer | Mitch Curtis <mitch.curtis@qt.io> | 2018-10-09 08:31:30 +0000 |
| commit | 8a1e70b463a48ca40e32a6b4f65fc75ec0bb460c (patch) | |
| tree | 12f78df6310ba9bdc420b87b6220ad11b30bd5f6 | |
| parent | 22572163e4133a5a2ab6a06bb71e8f8a61f3f7ca (diff) | |
| download | qtdoc-8a1e70b463a48ca40e32a6b4f65fc75ec0bb460c.tar.gz | |
Document how to create an .ico file from a set of images using ImageMagick
I had to do this recently, and trying to use Visual Studio to create an .ico
file using my existing images was a nightmare. The various online converters
didn't do what I expected, either.
Change-Id: I3f001a006156545205a9cb9869321e9fb521d936
Reviewed-by: Simon Hausmann <simon.hausmann@qt.io>
Reviewed-by: Liang Qi <liang.qi@qt.io>
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/howtos/appicon.qdoc | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/howtos/appicon.qdoc b/doc/src/howtos/appicon.qdoc index 11529353..fcd2487a 100644 --- a/doc/src/howtos/appicon.qdoc +++ b/doc/src/howtos/appicon.qdoc @@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ to load your application into Visual C++; here we are only using the icon editor.) + Alternatively, an \c .ico file can be created from a set of images using + ImageMagick's \l {https://imagemagick.org/script/convert.php}{convert} + tool: + + \badcode + magick.exe convert icon-16.png icon-32.png icon-256.png icon.ico + \endcode + Store the ICO file in your application's source code directory, for example, with the name \c myappico.ico. |