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Change app icon in Visual Studio 2005?

I'd like to use a different icon for the demo version of my game, and I'm building the demo with a different build config than I do for the full verison, using a preprocessor define to lockout some content, use different graphics, etc. Is there a way that I can make Visual Studio use a different icon for the app Icon in the demo config but continue to use the regular icon for the full version's config?

Solution

  • According to this page you may use preprocessor directives in your *.rc file. You should write something like this

    #ifdef _DEMO_VERSION_
IDR_MAINFRAME ICON "demo.ico"
#else
IDR_MAINFRAME ICON "full.ico"
#endif