Can not get Icon to show up in VGA app.

Hi,

I have used a freeware windows Icon creator program,
ICOFX to create 256 color Icons in the following formats:

16 x 16
24 x 24
32 x 32
48 x 48
256 x 256

I save all of these icons into one (.ico) file and load them into the
Basic4ppc desktop IDE when I compile a program for the device.

When I compile for a PDA with a 240 x 320 screen the Icons show up
on the PDA screen for the compiled app.

When I compile for a PDA with a 480 x 640 screen the Icons Do Not
show up on the PDA screen for the compiled app. The programs
run on the VGA PDA when compiled using the QVGA option but the
Icons Do Not show up for the compiled app.

I am using Basic4ppc Version 6.3 to compile the apps to run QVGA on
the VGA PDA (HP 210).

When I add the Icons in the desktop IDE you can see them in the IDE
but they do not show up when the app is compiled for the VGA PDA
using the QVGA option and the Optimized Compile flag is selected.

Does anyone have any ideas? Or do I just need to upgrade to the
latest Basic4ppc Version 6.8?

Here is the Icon file that I am trying to use.

pdablue said:

I am using Basic4ppc Version 6.3 to compile the apps to run QVGA on the VGA PDA (HP 210).

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Can be your Basic4PPC version? The actual version is 6.80!

Getting Icons to show up on the device.

HI,

I was reading some of the other posts and they suggested doing a
soft reset of the device to get the Icon for an app to appear.

That seems to work!

I can assign an Icon to an app and compile it for the device using
the Basic4ppc Desktop IDE Version 6.3.

I then run all of the files for the program through Setup Builder to create
the (.cab) installation file for the device.

I then install the (.cab) file on the device: in this case an HP 210 VGA PDA.

After installing the app all I see is a "red square" for the app's Icon.

At this point, I perform a "soft reset" of the HP 210 VGA PDA.

When the PDA has finished the "soft reset" process the Icon for the
app appears as it should.

So, I guess you have to do a "soft reset" of the device after installing
an application to get the Icon for the app to appear as it should on
the PDA screen.

I can turn the device off and turn it on again and the Icon for the app
appears as it should.

So, is that a bug in the compiled file, the (.cab) installation file or
Windows Mobile? Or is that just the way it is supposed to work?

Installing (.cab) files and then performing a "soft reset" to see the Icons
appear is just a minor inconvenience. It all seems to work fine after that.

I have not had this problem when compiling for PDA's with a 240 x 320 screen. Yet...

I have only had problems when compiling apps for the VGA PDA (HP 210). At least
the solution to the problem is a simple one.