Icons have their own format (not bmp, jpg or anthing else), and use the
extension .ico
There are a number of good programs on the market, some shareware, that can
create Icons very easily. Icons can contain multiple pixel sizes in the
format at the same time (ie:16x16 and 32x32). The format is normally 256
color.

My guess is that she is unaware that Icons have their own format that
dictates the color pallet and pixel size.



-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Phillips [mailto:mark@p...]
Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 17:14
To: professional vb
Subject: [pro_vb] What are the specs for standard windows icons shipped
with VB 6?


We need to create some custom button icons and our graphic artist has
asked me the following questions that I cannot answer. Some of the buttons
in the application are standard icons shipped with VB (i.e. file open,
printer, file save). The custom icons should match these icons, so what I
need to know are the specs for the standard button icons.

1. What is the file format needed for the button icons?
   Is it ico or bmp or something else?

2. What pixel size (16x16, 32x32, 64x64)?
   I think the standard buttons are 16x16 - is this true?

3. Which color palette (8, 16, 256)?

4. What background color?

5. Do we need a B/W version?
   I don't know why this would be needed - am I missing something?

6. What resolution?
   Not sure what she means beyond specifying the pixel size and color
palette, but maybe I am missong something?

Thanks for any and all assitance!

Mark

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