Re: [WiX-users] Valid image formats for Icon element

2014-10-28 Thread William Ferguson
al discussion about the WiX toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Valid image formats for Icon element > > XP is not a target. > > So does that mean that I can use PNGs instead of ICO? > If so, any idea on why the desktop shortcut icons are not showing on > Windows 8.1 when u

Re: [WiX-users] Valid image formats for Icon element

2014-10-28 Thread John Cooper
@jackhenry.com -Original Message- From: William Ferguson [mailto:william.fergu...@xandar.com.au] Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 10:43 AM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Valid image formats for Icon element XP is not a target. So does that mean that

Re: [WiX-users] Valid image formats for Icon element

2014-10-28 Thread Carter Young
Burn the Bootstrapper supports pngs as Icons, but If I'm reading this correctly, the MSI's in the burn package do not support png files. You'll need to convert your png files in your MSI's to ico files using a tool like I suggested. Quoting William Ferguson : > XP is not a target. > > So d

Re: [WiX-users] Valid image formats for Icon element

2014-10-28 Thread William Ferguson
XP is not a target. So does that mean that I can use PNGs instead of ICO? If so, any idea on why the desktop shortcut icons are not showing on Windows 8.1 when using PNGs? William On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 12:43 AM, John Cooper wrote: > Out of luck. Real ICO files are needed. Burn supports PN

Re: [WiX-users] Valid image formats for Icon element

2014-10-28 Thread Carter Young
You may be able to convert your PNG file to an ICO, using a program like The GIMP for Windows: http://www.gimp.org/ - Product Page http://www.gimp.org/downloads/ - Downloads This is a FOSS Alternative to programs like Photohop. Carter Quoting John Cooper : > Out of luck. Real ICO files are

Re: [WiX-users] Valid image formats for Icon element

2014-10-28 Thread John Cooper
Out of luck. Real ICO files are needed. Burn supports PNG files, but you can have issues on XP if you use them (if that matters to you). -- John Merryweather Cooper Senior Software Engineer | Enterprise Service Applications | Continuing Development Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® | Lenexa, KS