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How to add a icon to a binary

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To add a Icon to a binary under Haiku, open the Application menu and start the Icon-O-Matic tool.

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Open or drop a picture to the tool and then open the File menu and select Export As

In the Save Image window select as Format for the Icon BeOS:ICON Attribute. Browse through the System and select the binary there you want to add the icon and click on Save.

Icon-o-Matic inform you that this file allready exists, click on Replace because you want to save the icon-data as attribute to the binary


Then the binary have the added icon.

Tutorial written by Christian Albrecht (Lelldorin) 2010
Made available by BeSly the BeOS, Haiku and Zeta knowledge base.