Beginner question about icons for forms

[mt70]

In an application which contains many forms, I am hoping to create an icon for each form. Furthermore I wish to display the icons in an additional form. Now when I click on an icon, the associated form should pop up.

 

Question: I assume that I can specify a .bmp file as the value of the icon property of a form. How do I do this?? Here are the steps that I followed:

a) renamed a .bmp file as a .ico file.

b) attempted to choose the .ico file as the icon for a form. When I try this, I get an error stating that the "the argument picture must be a picture that can be used as an icon".

 

What am I doing wrong?

 

Thanks

[Heiko]

There are a couple of freeware Icon-Editors floating around.

[mutant]

Assuming I understood you correctly, you want to use the icon on the top left corner to link to another forms, like customize it? You cant do that.

As for icons, you cant just rename a bitmap to an icon, you got the error becuase its not a valid icon file, VS.NET has a very decent icon editor, just open any icon file in it and it will automactially open.

[Heiko]

VS.NET has a very decent icon editor, just open any icon file in it and it will automactially open.

 

Can you show a humble blind man the way ?

[divil]

File -> Open -> File... (Select Icon File Here)

[jorge]

File -> new -> file ...

The select icon for a empty one ;)