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Create Vista Icons in VS 2008

Axialis has released a free add-in for VS 2008 that creates the 256x256 icons used in Vista. Download IconWorkshop™ Lite and free yourself from the 32x32 bit tyranny!

 

 

Here's the download page:

http://www.axialis.com/download/iwlite.html

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Print | posted on Friday, August 08, 2008 5:06 PM

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# re: Create Vista Icons in VS 2008

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What? 1. the link seems to be dead. 2. VS2008 can handle Vista icons on its own...
Left by Rob on Aug 08, 2008 6:48 PM

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I'm running Visual Studio 2008 Team System. If I add a new icon file to a project, VS gives me two modes... 16x16x4 BMP and 32x32x4 BMP. Does your copy give you more options?

As for IWLite... it does look like they removed the link. That's pretty lame.
Left by Chris Eargle on Aug 08, 2008 7:20 PM

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@Chris: While in the Icon Eitor, select Image\New Image Type... from the main menu (or press Ins). You can add up to 256x256x24 images to your icon.

Left by Peter Ritchie on Aug 10, 2008 10:21 PM

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Seems to be back online: http://dl.filekicker.com/send/file/214571-5ZJ4/IconWorkshop-Lite-6.3.1.0-Eng.exe
Left by Peter Ritchie on Aug 11, 2008 10:22 AM

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Thanks for the tip, Peter. I'll try that out tonight. Of course, it does provide some value over the default editor.
Left by Chris Eargle on Aug 11, 2008 10:54 AM

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Check out icofx at http://icofx.ro. Excellent tool
Left by Georg Zimmer on Feb 24, 2009 2:17 PM

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its good to use !!
Left by short quotes on Dec 02, 2009 8:57 AM

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