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[raymond]

stoo...   Not big on making icons

Same here.

While on that subject, how could I define a given area in an icon which would be transparent?

[ognil]

Hi Raymond,

I use icofx.
https://icofx.ro/

[TimoVJL]

IcoFX Portable

poide have an icon editor

[NoCforMe]

Try Axialis IconWorkshop. It's not free, but you can download a trial version that has pretty much full functionality. Very featureful.

I'm pretty sure this is what Hutch used to create icons for his programs here.

Or you can use my li'l command-line (console) utility to convert a BMP to an ICO, BMP2ICO attached here. It lets you define a color index as transparent (you need to know what the palette index is, easily found with any BMP image editor).

[jimg]

Updated in first post to fix two menu bugs.

[raymond]

stoo...  Not big on making icons

Same here.
While on that subject, how could I define a given area in an icon which would be transparent?

Thanks guys for the links . It took me a while to get the IcoFX to do what I wanted (must be old age setting in ) but finally got the intended results.

[jimg]

Minor update in first post.
Added ability to drag a window above top of screen without Windows truncating it.

[jimg]

Major update in first post.  Hopefully fixed all the bugs with saving settings and defaults.
Also added find/replace capability.

[HSE]

Hi Jim!

Perhaps I don't understand the logic of "Close this Window" and "Exit" (or something is wrong).

If you open several instances running the program, then "close all windows" don't close all windows 

If you open several instances from an instance, then "close this window" close all windows   

HSE


 

[jimg]

That was definitely a bug I introduced when fixing evreything else. "Close this Window" is supposed to only close the one window that has focus.  I should have an update shortly.

edit:
This may take longer than I thought.  Identical code in old and new behaves differently and I haven't figured out why yet.  Will probably be tomorrow before a fix.

[jimg]

Updated in first post.  Deleted leftover test code.  Fixed Find so enter immediately searches.

HSE-  Let me know if still confusing please.

[HSE]

Hi Jim!

Let me know if still confusing please.

New windows are not new program instances, and you can communicate between them. But there is no communication between instances.

HSE

[jimg]

True.  I never considered communications between instances.  What kind of communication should there be?

[HSE]

What kind of communication should there be?

I'm using almost same Hutch's Simple inter application communication with RegisterWindowMessage and HWND_BROADCAST. Very easy.

LookingFor is an example.

[jimg]

Yes, thanks.