Win ico sizes

[Richard Gaskin]

Monte Goulding wrote:

> If I remember right I put the errors there because I thought
> people would rather see an error there than find out that
> under some circumstances their app gets some generic icon
> instead of what they wanted. I think people complained so
> much about those errors that RunRev gave up on them...

In many cases Windows will scale up from available icons when a given 
size isn't available, but LiveCode has very specific requirements for 
how it embeds the images into the exe, so it's helpful to know when at 
least the size used for aliases isn't present.

I just found a good tool for making ico files that also meets my 
preference for tools I can use on any platform I may be working on at a 
given moment - GIMP, available for nearly every OS:

<http://regx.dgswa.com/html/Gimp+ico+how+to>

I'll dig up the size specs at (ugh!) MSDN, but I think the only ones my 
current ico tool isn't making well are the two new ones introduced with 
Vista, 256 and 98.

Once I verify the requirements I'll file a documentation bug report, 
noting that LC's very specific requirements for ico sizes pretty much 
necessitates that they be documented.

--
  Richard Gaskin
  Fourth World
  LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com
  Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveCodeJournal.com
  Follow me on Twitter:  http://twitter.com/FourthWorldSys