Windows launcher
From FreeMind
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 | Icon file |
| FreeMind-butterfly.ico | Icon file, with butterfly icon, instead of light bulb icon |
| 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 |
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.
- Icon1.rc is the file telling where the icons is stored. It is a resource file. This resource file is compiled into Icon1.o (object file), which is then linked with freemind.o to create Freemind.exe
