ADT/ODE: Icon Doesn't Show in Title/Taskbar of Run-Time App

• Microsoft Office 97 Developer Edition Tools
• Microsoft Access Developer's Toolkit, version 7.0

SYMPTOMS

Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

When you use the Setup Wizard that ships with the Microsoft Office 97 Developer Edition Tools (ODE) or the Microsoft Access Developer's Toolkit (ADT), and you specify an icon in the Icon File box of the "Add the shortcuts screen," that icon does not appear in the title bar or the taskbar of your application after you have installed it on the target computer.

CAUSE

The Icon File box specifies the icon that you want Windows to display for the shortcut, but it does not specify the icon that appears in the application's title bar or the taskbar.

RESOLUTION

Set the Application Icon for the main application database, and then add the icon in the list of files that you want the Setup Wizard to include in the installation.

Note: The following steps assume that the application's icon file is located in the Windows System folder (directory). If you want to place the icon file within the same folder as the custom application, you must create a custom profile for your application, which includes a Run-Time options registry entry.

For more information about creating custom profiles, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q165631
   TITLE     : ODE97: Creating Profiles for Custom Application in Setup
               Wizard

Setting the Application Icon

1. Open your database file in Microsoft Access.

2. On the Tools menu, click Startup.

3. In the Startup dialog box, type the name of your icon file in the Application Icon box. You may also click the Build button and select your icon file in the Icon Browser dialog box.

4. After you have selected the icon file, edit the Application Icon box so that the icon file does not have a path associated with it. For example, if you select the icon file in the Icon Browser dialog box, there may be a path to the file as follows: C:\MyIcons\MyIcon.ico. For the icon to be displayed in the ADT/ODE application, modify the Application Icon so that it reads as follows: MyIcon.ico.

5. Click OK.

6. Close the database.

Building the Disk Images to Use the Application Icon

1. Open the ADT or ODE Setup Wizard.

2. On the Add Files screen of the Setup wizard, add your database file to the List Of Files box and select the "Set as Application's Main File" check box.

3. Add the icon file that you set as the Application Icon for your database.

4. Change the Destination Folder box for the icon file to $(WinSysPath).

5. Add any additional files that you may need for your application.

6. Complete the Setup Wizard as you would normally for your application.

NOTE: If you select your icon as the Icon File for your shortcut, the icon also appears on the Start menu for your application.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps To Reproduce Behavior

NOTE: By default, the sample database Northwind.mdb does not have an Application Icon set. If you have changed this property in the Northwind database, this example will not work.

1. Run the ADT or ODE Setup wizard.

2. On the Add Files screen of the Setup wizard, add the Northwind.mdb file and select the "Set as Application's Main File" check box.

3. Add an icon file to the List Of Files box.

4. Click Next.

5. On the "Add the shortcuts" screen of the Setup wizard, create a shortcut to start the database and select the Run-Time check box. Select the icon file from the Icon File box.

   NOTE: In the ADT 7.0, the Run-Time check box is listed under the Database Command-Line Options. In the ODE 97, these options are listed on the Database Shortcut Properties tab.

6. Complete the Setup wizard by clicking Finish.

7. Install the application on a target computer.

REFERENCES

For more information about the Application Icon, search the Help Index for "Application Icon," or ask the Microsoft Access 97 Office Assistant.