Does anyone know a way that I can attach a custom icon to a DB that will 
follow through to the Win desktop? I know of the setting in the Startup 
Options but I am looking for a connection to an icon that will execute the 
program from the desktop and not look like the standard Access shortcut...

Any ideas are welcomed...

Kenny

A nice simple way is to have a .ico file (if you want to make your own, Microangelo is an 
excellent program)

Then create a shortcut the same as you usually do to the database. right click it, go to 
properties, go to "Change Icon", and choose your icon.
That's it.

This icon will stay there even if you copy the shorcut to heaps of computers across a network

Steven

If you're talking about to the icon shown for the shortcut itself, then
that's an OS question.

If you right-click the shortcut itself to bring up the properties, you can
set which icon you wish to display from there.

Cheers,
Andrew

-----Original Message-----
From: Kenny Alligood [mailto:kennyalligood@h...]
Sent: Friday, 27 September 2002 4:48 AM
To: Access
Subject: [access] Custon App Icon for Win desktop


Does anyone know a way that I can attach a custom icon to a DB that will 
follow through to the Win desktop? I know of the setting in the Startup 
Options but I am looking for a connection to an icon that will execute the 
program from the desktop and not look like the standard Access shortcut...

Any ideas are welcomed...

Kenny

Hi Kenny!

This is an easy job to do manually!

1) Create your shortcut icon on the desktop.

2) Click on the new icon to select it.

3) Right mouse click and select "Properties" from the drop-down menu.

4) Click on "Shortcut" tab.

5) Click on "Change Icon".

6) From here you can browse your universe to find a suitable *.ico file for
your shortcut.

What I've done in the past is to design my own icon in my favourite graphics
and convert it to a 16x16 px .ico file.

HTH - Spike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kenny Alligood [mailto:kennyalligood@h...]
> Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 8:18 PM
> To: Access
> Subject: [access] Custon App Icon for Win desktop
> 
> 
> Does anyone know a way that I can attach a custom icon to a 
> DB that will 
> follow through to the Win desktop? I know of the setting in 
> the Startup 
> Options but I am looking for a connection to an icon that 
> will execute the 
> program from the desktop and not look like the standard 
> Access shortcut...
> 
> Any ideas are welcomed...
> 
> Kenny
> 

Kenny,

<< Does anyone know a way that I can attach a custom icon to a DB that 
will follow through to the Win desktop? I know of the setting in the 
Startup Options but I am looking for a connection to an icon that will 
execute the program from the desktop and not look like the standard Access 
shortcut... >>

The answers so far are great to get your end result.  I gather what you 
really wanted to know was if there was a way to "bury" the icon in 
the .MDB file the way it can be buried in an .EXE file.  In that way, if 
anyone ever makes a shortcut to the .MDB file, the icon will appear 
immediately instead of having to set the icon via the shortcut's 
properties.  The answer to that situation is no, it cannot be done.  You 
cannot set the icon with the file itself, only with its shortcut like the 
other users have shown.  :(

Greg

Thanx Greg that was actually what I was looking to find out. But everyone else has assisted in my
getting the task accomplished -- thanx all for the answers...

Kenny

----- Original Message -----
From: Gregory Serrano
Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 7:56 AM
To: Access
Subject: [access] Re: Custon App Icon for Win desktop

Kenny,

<< Does anyone know a way that I can attach a custom icon to a DB that  
will follow through to the Win desktop? I know of the setting in the  
Startup Options but I am looking for a connection to an icon that will  
execute the program from the desktop and not look like the standard Access  
shortcut... >>

The answers so far are great to get your end result.  I gather what you  
really wanted to know was if there was a way to "bury" the icon in  
the .MDB file the way it can be buried in an .EXE file.  In that way, if  
anyone ever makes a shortcut to the .MDB file, the icon will appear  
immediately instead of having to set the icon via the shortcut's  
properties.  The answer to that situation is no, it cannot be done.  You  
cannot set the icon with the file itself, only with its shortcut like the  
other users have shown.  :(

Greg
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