[news.eclipse.platform.rcp] Re: Branding product launcher icon with Prod

["Susan Foster" <susan.b.foster@xxxxxxxxx>]

This has worked for me - but my icon only displays when Windows is in 16 bit 
colour and I get the eclipse disk when in 32 bit colour.  This accounts for 
the erratic seeming behaviour I reported below, when using NetMeeting 
Windows goes into 16 bit colour.

I assume that the icon file I am using does not have all the layers and that 
once I have one that does all will be well.

Susan.

"Chris Audley" <chris.audley@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
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> How does the Product export in Eclipse RCP replace the icon in 
> eclipse.exe?
>
> I'm very skeptical of this feature.  Previously, I used the freely 
> available microsoft compilers to rebuild eclipse.exe with my own icon 
> resource.  Now the Eclipse product export claims to do this step for you. 
> I say I'm skeptical because there is no indication that Eclipse is aware 
> of the C compilers and linkers and where I have them installed.
>
> I tried setting up a .product file and exporting it.  The result was a 
> functioning product with the eclipse.exe launcher renamed to my 
> specifications.  However, I was not surprised to find that the icon on the 
> executable was still the Eclipse blue globe.
>
> Has anyone seen this work? I'm using a .ICO file, not a set of .BMP.  I 
> think this could be a great feature but I don't see how it can work 
> without the compilers.
>
> Cheers
> Chris