How to add a icon to a binary

Haiku

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





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

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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.