Change app icon in Visual Studio 2005?

Question

I\'d like to use a different icon for the demo version of my game, and I\'m building the demo with a different build config than I do for the full verison, using a preprocessor

Answer 1

What I would do is setup a pre-build event (Project properties -> Configuration Properties -> Build Events -> Pre-Build Event). The pre-build event is a command line. I would use this to copy the appropriate icon file to the build icon.

For example, let's say your build icon is 'app.ico'. I would make my fullicon 'app_full.ico' and my demo icon 'app_demo.ico'. Then I would set my pre-build events as follows:

Full mode pre-build event:

del app.ico | copy app_full.ico app.ico

Demo mode pre-build event:

del app.ico | copy app_demo.ico app.ico

I hope that helps!