High Color Icons for NSIS

ssurfer26
25th December 2001 19:54 UTC

High Color Icons for NSIS
When will NSIS support anything higher than 16 colors for the icons? I know that I would love to have the ability to use 256 or true color icons and I'm sure everyone else would like that also.

Derek

prodangle
26th December 2001 19:35 UTC

Re: High Color Icons for NSIS

Originally posted by ssurfer26
When will NSIS support anything higher than 16 colors for the icons? I know that I would love to have the ability to use 256 or true color icons and I'm sure everyone else would like that also.

Derek

start from here, and follow the clues :)

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=67536

ssurfer26
26th December 2001 21:44 UTC

I read that post... This should be built into the program rather than having to recompile the code to get it to work. I'm talking about any icon. Not just the nsis onen. The icon in the window, the icons in the selection of options etc... Right now as the program sits you have to have all 16 bit icons. I'm not a programmer and don't have the tools to recompile the source code unless there is a free one out there.

prodangle
26th December 2001 21:56 UTC

I don't think it's high on the list of priorities. NSIS has such a small overhead that even a 256 colour icon could make a significant differance. If you'd like, email me the icon you want to use and I'll compile it for you. I haven't tried 20x20 ones yet - but I will be giving it a shot soon. Send me them too and I'll see whether I can get them in there too.

see ya

calum

ssurfer26
26th December 2001 22:12 UTC

What do you use to compile the program with? I might have something laying around that can do it.

petersa
27th December 2001 10:38 UTC

You'll find some free compilers here:

Free C/C++ Compilers

I think NSIS is written in C or C++?

petersa
27th December 2001 10:43 UTC

Originally posted by ssurfer26
I'm talking about any icon. Not just the nsis onen. The icon in the window, the icons in the selection of options etc.

By changing the one main icon to high colour, the one in the window will change as well. You just need to find 766 in the source and replace it with however big a high or true colour icon is.

The section selection :igor: box uses bitmaps, so that should be a case of going through the source, finding 358 and replacing it with 1254.

prodangle
27th December 2001 14:29 UTC

I use Visual Studio 6, but it is a bit expensive. A lot of folks here seem to have been successful compiling it with borland's free compiler. If you do a search you'll find a lot of folk have posted help on using it in the past.

see ya

calum