Changing F# application icon

Question

I'm developing Windows Application using Visual Studio 2013 and F# but I can't change default application icon.

I have tried to create a C#-WPF application for font-end, it work. But I don't want to use C# for font-end.

I also tried resource hacker after building my application, but it is just not working.

Answer 1

The application icon is the image that appears in Windows Explorer when viewing the EXE file. To set the application icon of an F# Windows Application:

1. Create a text file with an *.rc extension.

2. Add one line to the *.rc file (substituting the name of your icon file, of course): 1 ICON "icon.ico".

3. Compile the *.rc file with rc.exe into an *.res file.

4. In Visual Studio, in the property page for your *.exe project, set the *.res file as your project's "Resource file."

While we are on the topic, the icon that appears in the Windows task bar comes from the main window icon. It can be set like this:

1. Include the icon in the project as a Resource (not an EmbeddedResource).
2. In your main window XAML, reference the icon using the assembly path.

Sample:

<Window xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        Icon="/MyAssemblyName;component/MyPathToIcons/Logo.ico">