Too many questions!!!!

[pooop]

Hi
I have some windows icons that I wish to use on my A1200 tower using OS 3.9. I have windows icon datatype but can only view them via multiview. Secondly how do you change the icons for removable media ie. floppies, CD ROM, Zips etc. And finally I want to unzip some files but can't. I am able to un-lha, lzx but not zip. I have unzip in the c: directory but to no avail.
Thanx
Rob :-?

[MarkAshley]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think icon.library is datatype aware. So the Windows icon datatype will work for Multiview, but won't let you actually use the icon *as* an icon. You would have to convert the file to an IFF and then use something like Iconian to make it in to a .info.

I think the default disk icons are in env-archive. Have a look in there and see if you can find the icons as they are at the moment, then replace the files with the icons you want.

Finally, you shouldn't need c:unzip to use zip files with unarc on 3.9. On my 3.9 install I can zip files with no problems in unarc. Can you open the files on your windows machine?

[pooop]

Would I be able to use the icons if I converted them into jpegs?

[dawiper]

Jpg is not the way to go. Jpg will degrade the quality.
Get Irfanview for you pc it supports both .ico and .iff/ilbm.

www.irfanview.com

Open the .ico file in irfanview and save them out as iff/ilbm. Then transfer them to your amiga and use whatever icon program on the amiga that lets you import iff/ilbm files. From there you have to save them out as the right kind of .info file(tool/drawer/etc.)
Icons on the amiga is more than just a bitmap picture, it also holds some information.

(Irfanview will also do batch convert)

[pooop]

Downloaded irfanview and tried to save it as iff/ilbm but there was no option to save as.

[AMIGAZ]

do you use a gfx card in your Amiga?

[pooop]

Indeed I do. My system is:
A1200 Z4 tower
OS 3.9
Blizzard PPC 040/25 160 Mhz
Bvision
13 Gb Hard Drive
52 x CD ROM
EIDE buffered interface
Iomega 100 Zip Drive
128 MB RAM :-D

[AMIGAZ]

pooop wrote:
Indeed I do. My system is:
A1200 Z4 tower
OS 3.9
Blizzard PPC 040/25 160 Mhz
Bvision
13 Gb Hard Drive
52 x CD ROM
EIDE buffered interface
Iomega 100 Zip Drive
128 MB RAM :-D

Have you tried Powericons so you can use .png icons?

Look at my screenshot in the gallery

http://www.amiga.org/gallery/index.php?n=1188=1

And here

http://www.amigarulez.com/wwwthreads/getimage.php?ImageID=105&ThumbNail=false

http://www.amigarulez.com/wwwthreads/getimage.php?ImageID=107&ThumbNail=false

I have converted some windows icons (.ico files) to .png files so I can use them with Powericons

[dawiper]

Hmm... I was pretty sure Irfanview could both read and save as iff. Seems I was wrong.

[AMIGAZ]

Xnview can save as .iff, it even says Amiga Iff

Xnview is a free program.

Anyway, I highly recommend using Powericons if you really want good looking icons
:rtfm:

[pooop]

I've downloaded the powericons, will have a look at them later, but I have downloaded some Rammstein windows icons and want to convert them to go with my wallpaper theme.