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hi I have a collection of nice .png files.... meanwhile, I'm developing a win-based software and need some .ico files as icons for toolbar buttons and ....
Is there any way to use .png file as an icon ? or what?
Thank you
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If you're loading the images from a resource file, then no, you can't use PNGs, you have to use ICOs. Fortunately, there are a number of tools that can convert PNGs into ICOs, including ImageMagick (great for automation), and MSPaint as a lowest common denominator.
An ICO is actually a specialized file format that contains a collection of images at potentially many different sizes and color depths. A png is a specific image.
You can convert PNG, JPEG, and JPG files to icons at the Online-Convert website. So, open that website's Online image convert page in a browser. Click Choose files to select the icon PNG you set up in Paint 3D. Press the Start conversion button.
As a workaround you can use IrfanView to convert your *.png file to *.ico file (or any other image to ico) & use it.
http://www.irfanview.com/main_download_engl.htm
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