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Bug 340599 - [graphics] Include a 256x256 icon in windows exe
Summary: [graphics] Include a 256x256 icon in windows exe
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 341645
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version: 3.7   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows All
: P3 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: 3.8   Edit
Assignee: Susan McCourt CLA
QA Contact: Susan McCourt CLA
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Reported: 2011-03-21 14:44 EDT by Andrew Niefer CLA
Modified: 2012-05-10 15:59 EDT (History)
6 users (show)

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256x256 bmp (192.05 KB, application/octet-stream)
2011-03-21 17:42 EDT, Susan McCourt CLA 		no flags Details
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Description Andrew Niefer CLA 2011-03-21 14:44:37 EDT 
See bug 340595.

Consider adding a 256x256 icon to the windows executable.

Do we have an eclipse image of this size already somewhere in the UI?  Not sure who would know this.
Comment 1 Kim Moir CLA 2011-03-21 16:12:12 EDT 
Susan might know, she often works with the graphic artists.
Comment 2 Susan McCourt CLA 2011-03-21 17:42:57 EDT 
Created attachment 191647 [details]
256x256 bmp

I don't know of a 256x256 icon in existence.
But I checked the foundation logo page (http://www.eclipse.org/artwork/)
and scaled an existing 360x360 down to 256x256.
Original file was 
http://www.eclipse.org/artwork/zip_files/eclipse_neg_logo_fc_med_bmp.zip

I think this would have to be added as a new format to the .ico file, I just don't recall the tools used for this part of the step.
Comment 3 Marijn Bekers CLA 2011-05-15 20:39:46 EDT 
Note that according to guidelines found on MSDN (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa511280.aspx#color), the 256px image should be stored as a .png rather than .bmp image. This will also save around 170K in the executable.
Comment 4 Susan McCourt CLA 2011-06-01 18:52:27 EDT 
see bug 341645.  We should make sure the new artwork is incorporated in all the platform icons at the necessary sizes.
Comment 5 Susan McCourt CLA 2011-06-01 18:53:05 EDT 
Comment on attachment 191647 [details]
256x256 bmp

marking this bmp obsolete.  There has been some work done for a proper 256x256 app icon.
Comment 6 Prakash Rangaraj CLA 2011-06-03 02:30:57 EDT 
Not sure where this goes. Moving to Equinox launcher. Please reassign back if its a wrong bucket
Comment 7 John Arthorne CLA 2011-08-10 16:22:08 EDT 
As bug 341645 is the more general version of this bug, I'm marking as a dup.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 341645 ***