where and how to get/make more icons?

[mlevin77]

I'm sure this is a basic question but I can't figure this out... I need some icons for associating with items in the Resco Today plugin for example. The ones I get on the built-in list are kind of weird (they never look like the things I need) and there are relatively few of them. Can someone tell me where (and how) to download a sizeable collection of useful icons (ideally, freeware) or how to make them? If that's not available/practical, then: what size/format file should I make and where do I put it on the device so that it appears in the list of icons that can be associated with files? I'm using WM6.5 on an HTC Imagio (a high-res touchscreen).

thanks in advance,

Mike

[timothydonohue]

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=102636

[popdog54]

Check my signature...

[mlevin77]

Originally Posted by popdog54

Check my signature...

I've downloaded the .zip file indicated on your signature, and unpacked the .ico files, but where do I put them on my device so that they become available choices when assigning icons to apps (in Resco Today plugin for example)?

thanks!

Mike

[popdog54]

I don't think there is a quick and simple way. If there is, someone please chime in.

First you are going to have to convert the icons into a .dll. You can use this free program...

http://www.becyhome.de/becyicongrabb...iption_eng.htm

From there you have to assign the icons to the shortcuts you want. You can do that with this program, but it's not free, $9.00.

http://s-k-tools.com/index.html?sksmgr/m_sksmgr.html

I don't know if there are any free programs to do this. I've never created my own shortcut icons, but once you figure out how the programs work it should be fairly easy to do.

[mlevin77]

Originally Posted by popdog54

I don't think there is a quick and simple way. If there is, someone please chime in. First you are going to have to convert the icons into a .dll. You can use this free program...
http://www.becyhome.de/becyicongrabb...iption_eng.htm

sorry, I think I'm missing something. What I want is to simply have these icons available as choices for apps that assign icons (e.g., Resco Today Plugin, which I already bought). Do you mean that for all these icon collections that people have for download, I have to make .dll's as in your link above? For example, to install the collection you refer to in your sig, that would be necessary? I ask because I don't have a Windows machine upon which to run that executable - I use a Mac. So your "Gigantic Icon Set" can't be used directly without running that dll making program?

thanks,

Mike