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| FreeMind-document.ico | |||
| Document icon file, with light bulb. | |||
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| FreeMind-butterfly.ico | | FreeMind-butterfly.ico | ||
| Icon file, with butterfly icon, instead of light bulb icon | | Icon file, with butterfly icon, instead of light bulb icon. There is no document icon for butterfly. | ||
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#include <windows.h> | #include <windows.h> | ||
100 ICON "FreeMind-butterfly.ico" | //100 ICON "FreeMind-butterfly.ico" | ||
100 ICON "FreeMind.ico" | |||
101 ICON "FreeMind-document.ico" | 101 ICON "FreeMind-document.ico" | ||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
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| Executable built from Freemind.o and Icon1.o | | Executable built from Freemind.o and Icon1.o | ||
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Not all of these files are present in CVS; some are only present in the patches. | |||
==Gotchas== | ==Gotchas== | ||
Revision as of 11:34, 1 March 2008
There is a Microsoft Windows launcher for FreeMind, written in C.
Function
This launcher provides the following.
| Feature | Detail |
|---|---|
| Icon | Has an icon. |
| Dropping a file | When a file is dragged and dropped over the launcher, it is passed to Java application as a parameter. |
| Argument passing | When the launcher is run from a DOS console and given multiple arguments, all are passed to the Java application. |
| Changing to directory | The launcher has to reside in a directory relative to the application directory. However, it can be run from any other directory. Therefore, if you assign the launcher to a file type, the application is run correctly with the file passed as an argument. |
Compilation
This launcher for Microsoft Windows was compiled using Dev-C++.
To download Dev-C++, go to project page at SourceForge.
To recompile it, open the project Freemind.dev with Dev-C++, and compile the project.
The underlying compiler of Dev-C++ was MinGW.
Files
| File | Note |
|---|---|
| Freemind.dev | Project file, to be opened in Dev-C++ |
| Freemind.c | The source code |
| Makefile.win | Automatically generated filr by Dev-C++ |
| FreeMind.ico | Application icon file, with light bulb. |
| FreeMind-document.ico | Document icon file, with light bulb. |
| FreeMind-butterfly.ico | Icon file, with butterfly icon, instead of light bulb icon. There is no document icon for butterfly. |
| Icon1.rc | Plain text, resource file, describing the location of icons. Contains:
#include <windows.h> //100 ICON "FreeMind-butterfly.ico" 100 ICON "FreeMind.ico" 101 ICON "FreeMind-document.ico" |
| Icon1.o | Object file compiled from Icon1.rc and FreeMind.ico (or FreeMind-buttefly.ico) |
| Freemind.o | Object file compiled from Freemind.c |
| Freemind.exe | Executable built from Freemind.o and Icon1.o |
Not all of these files are present in CVS; some are only present in the patches.
Gotchas
Things to watch
- FreeMind.ico must be a real icon, not an icon created by changing the extension of a file from bmp to ico.
