Icon (Standard 8 Module Reference)

7/8/2014

Review the applicable Embedded Core modules and any examples for the Icon setting in Windows Embedded 8 Standard (Standard 8).

This setting contains a string that specifies the location of an icon or graphic file.

Depending on what module you apply this setting to, the string can be in the format of a URL, a path directly to the icon file, or the path to a DLL that contains the icon file.

Modules

The following table shows the modules that you can apply this setting to. In Image Configuration Editor (ICE), you can follow the corresponding path to set this setting for a module.

Module

Path

Setting Description

Troubleshooting

Features/Diagnostics, Feedback and Maintenance/Troubleshooting/Icon

The path to a file that contains the icon graphic for the Online Support icon in Control Panel under Troubleshooting, Additional Information.

Enter this value in the form of @dllname,-resourceID, where dllname is the full path to the resource DLL. For information about creating localized versions of a DLL for each setting, see the MSDN topic: Using the MUI with Applications

shwebsvc

Products/Embedded Core/shwebsvc/Icon

The absolute path or the URL to the icon file for the online printing company website to display in the Online Print Wizard. This setting can be empty.

If you provide the absolute path to the icon that is stored on the user's hard disk drive, Photo Gallery will display the icon the first time that Photo Gallery is used.

If you provide the URL to the icon file hosted on the web, the default Online Print Wizard icon will be used until the icon is downloaded.

XML Example

The following XML examples show how to configure the Icon setting.

Online Support Icon

The following XML example shows how to use the Icon and Link settings to display the Online Support icon in Control Panel under Troubleshooting, Additional Information and link to Fabrikam Troubleshooting application.

<Title>@%SystemRoot%\System32\DiagCpl.dll,-82</Title>
<Description>@%SystemRoot%\System32\DiagCpl.dll,-83</Description>
<Icon>@%SystemRoot%\System32\imageres.dll,-179</Icon>
<Link>http://www.fabrikam.com/support</Link>

Online Printing Company Icon

The following XML example shows how to use the Icon setting in Shell Foundation to set the icon to display in the Online Print Wizard.

<Icon>c:\Lucerne\lucernepub.ico</Icon>

See Also

Reference

Thin Client Template

Concepts

Embedded Core Settings
Feature Module Settings