The main purpose of the VBCE Icons Tool program is to build "Resource Only DLL's" with a number of Icons to be used on all the platforms (Targets) supported by Windows CE.

Those DLL's may be used in several ways. Some examples:

	Assign an individual Icon to each eVB script application
	Give an Icon on the Windows CE Taskbar to each eVB Form
	Include a small Icon on the Windows CE System Tray

For all the examples given, we have free source code available to include on your applications. We have also examples of Registry Manipulation, Fill a Form with an Image (.bmp) and others. You can also check on how to use System Function Declares using User Defined Types (structures) which are not available on this version of the Toolkit. All the examples are for the Embedded Visual Basic 3.0. 

Let's start with the basics:

	Click "Add" and select one or several Icons to include on the DLL.
	You can "Remove" some if you wish.
	Or "Remove All" of them.
	You can also uncheck some of the Icons on the list and then "Remove Unchecked". This is just a cosmetic operation: only those Icon files marked as checked will be included on the DLL
	You can change the order of the files: click on a file and "Move" it up or down on the list.
	Then select the "Target Machine".
	And press the "Build DLL"

On the "Icon" frame there two interesting values:

	"ID" gives us the number to use on some system calls to get the Icon file selected. This value will only be accurate if you remove all the unchecked files on the list.
	"Images" tell us the number of images on the Icon file selected. Each Icon file may have several images, usually a 32x32 pixels (large Icon) and a 16x16 pixels (small Icon).

Let's say you don't need the 32x32 pixels image on the selected Icon file. Go to the Main form menu and select "Tools" > "Remove Images from Icon". On the list, uncheck this particular image and "Save" it. If you want to keep the original file use "Save As". By just clicking each particular image, you will see it on the left of the listing.

The Main form menu option "Tools" > "Edit Icon" will call the application defined on your computer as the default edit application for .ico files passing the selected Icon file as a call parameter. VBCE Icons Tool does not include in itself this editing functionality.

After selecting all the required Icons to include on the DLL, there are 3 main options on the VBCE Icons Tool application:

	"Build for selected Target": Build just one DLL for a selected Target platform
	"Build for all Targets": Build DLL's for all available platforms (Targets). An additional extension identifies the intended platform of the DLL. This option also builds a DLL for the selected Target platform as the previous one. Example: Build an Icon DLL to test on the Windows CE Emulation but leave versions of the same DLL for all available platforms.
	"Create & Change VB6 Setup Files": Build DLL's to include on CAB files generated by the "Application Install Wizard" program available on the "Embedded Visual Basic 3.0". This option performs a number of changes on the .INF file and rebuilds all .CAB files. It also includes Registry settings on the Target device to automatically assign the first Icon of the DLL to the application. More details on this later in this document.

One of the drawbacks of the Embedded Visual Basic 3.0 is the impossibility of assigning a different Icon to each application.

The VBCE Icons Tool program addresses the problem by assigning a specific Icon DLL to every application installed. This Icon DLL may also include several other Icons to be used on other instances of your application (like assigning Toolbar Icons to each Form).

Proceed as follows:

1. Create your Embedded Visual Basic application.
2. Call the "Application Install Wizard" to create the Setup files for that application.
3. Call VBCE Icons Tool and include all Icon files required.
   Select the "Create & Change VB6 Setup Files" option on the Main form menu and press the "Build" button.
4. You will be asked to supply the Setup Directory previously used by the eVB "Application Install Wizard" and the name of the Icon DLL file to create. An emulation version of the DLL (x86) will be left on this directory. The customized versions of the DLL for each Target System will be left in separate subdirectories.
5. Some other will replace the original extension of your executable (.vb). You might accept a randomly generated extension or provide your own one. On the WinCE device, registry settings will assign the first Icon of the new Icon DLL to this extension.
6. The original (built by the eVB "Application Install Wizard") .INF file will be backed up and will never change. This permits several Icon DLL's buildings with only one eVB "Application Install Wizard" execution.
   A new .INF file will be built which will include all the new settings.
7. The eVB "Application Install Wizard" leaves a "README.TXT" file on the Setup Directory, which provides the command to use on following .CAB builds. After building the new .CAB files, they will be moved to the CD1 subdirectory, replacing all previous versions of those files.
8. Everything needed to install the application will be left on the CD1 subdir

The unregistered version of the VBCE Icons Tool program is intended to be used for evaluation purposes. It performs exactly as the registered version BUT all the Icons included on the output DLL will be drawn over a GRID with the COLORS SCRAMBLED.

To order VBCE Icons Tool please access this page. You will need to provide some kind of Identification (Register to) which will be displayed as the Caption of the Main form of the VBCE Icons Tool.

After receiving the corresponding Key, hit the Main form menu option "Help" > "Register" and enter the "Register to" and "Key" assigned to you.