bamse-0.9.1: doc/icons.txt

Creating icon .exe's 
====================

Each icon needs to go into an .exe of its own. Here's
how to build it:

* locate and save the icon you want to use as an .ico,
  as "MyIcon.ico" (say).

* create a one-liner resource script:

    0 ICON "MyIcon.ico"

* build the .res file using the resource compiler:

   rc MyIcon.rc

* build the .exe -- to do this you need to supply a stub
  DllMain() and link it as follows:
  
    foo$ cat stub.c
    #include <windows.h> 
    BOOL APIENTRY DllMain(HANDLE hDLL, DWORD dwReason, LPVOID lpReserved) 
    { 
    // Nothing to initialize. 
    return TRUE; 
    } 
    foo$ cl -o MyIcon.exe stub.c MyIcon.res /link /entry:DllMain /subsystem:windows


...but sometimes you've just got an executable/DLL containing the
icon; what to do? Have a look at the tools/README and tools/msiIcon.c