Use console csc.exe and icon file in code (assembly | or | resources ) possible

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//
// used compiler path:
// C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\csc.exe"
//  Command-line:
// "csc.exe -t:exe -out:".\%~n0.exe" ".\%~nx0" -platform:anycpu -unsafe+ -w:0 -o 

using System;
using System.Text;
using System.Resources;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

[assembly: ComVisible(false)]
[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.0.0")]
[assembly: AssemblyTitle("TrueFalseFS")]
[assembly: AssemblyCompany("Borderline")]
[assembly: NeutralResourcesLanguage("en")]
[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.0.0.0")]
[assembly: AssemblyProduct("TrueFalseFS")]
[assembly: AssemblyDescription("Bool Fullscreen Mode")]
[assembly: Guid("ThisNeed-ToBe-Hidd-ing?-Overshadowed")]
[assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Borderline Copyright © 2020")]
[assembly: AssemblyTrademark("Borderline Copyright © 2020")]]

[assembly: Any Way add Ico + \path\ here, or some another place in code? )]]

What I have tried:

I don't know if the question is repeated or there is inconsistency, but I found nothing to signal me yes or no ...

I am using the assembler information in the source code itself, and that is because it is compiled on the command line, it is a hybrid script (bat/C#) that, at runtime, does "file restoration" by compiling a new one file.

The question is:
Is it possible to add a path/file to use an icon in the code itself as is already done with other configurations and assembler information?

Sorry my limited English...

// thank you

Posted 2-Aug-20 13:34pm

l o o l

Updated 2-Aug-20 21:58pm

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Solution 1

I'm not sure exactly what you're looking for/asking - if you want to update resources in a C# exe, you can apparently use Mono.Cecil as per Use C# exe to modify resources of a different C# exe - Stack Overflow[^]

If you wish to change the icon for an exe using csc, have a look here -win32icon (C# Compiler Options) | Microsoft Docs[^]

(This all used to be easier in C++ iirc)

Posted 2-Aug-20 17:32pm

Garth J Lancaster

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l o o l 2-Aug-20 23:49pm

Thank you for comment, I know -win32icon, (/// "csc.exe -codepage:1252 -win32icon:".\%~n0.ico" -t:exe -out:".\%~n0.exe" ".\%~nx0" -platform:anycpu -unsafe+ -w:0 -o -nologo) but I need moving it to the code. I I'll see the link to stckSE link... again, thank you...

Solution 2

If you are building at the command line then you can create your own resource file to include in the build. See Resgen.exe (Resource File Generator) | Microsoft Docs[^].

Posted 2-Aug-20 21:58pm

Richard MacCutchan

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l o o l 3-Aug-20 13:24pm

Thank you so much, so I never used it, not even in vs, (which I’ve noticed) and I’m not sure how to start ...

Richard MacCutchan 3-Aug-20 15:23pm

Start by studying the documentation, it gives examples of how to create resource files.

l o o l 3-Aug-20 16:13pm

That's what I've been doing for the past few hours, it seems easier to migrate from FORTRAN FREE FORM to FIXED FORM than to do that, it looks like a cat's bed, I'm from the time when a compiler text editor did 99% of the process.

Thanks for the comment.

Richard MacCutchan 3-Aug-20 16:22pm

Then switch to Visual Studio which does the work for you.

l o o l 3-Aug-20 16:34pm

In this case, I need it 100% console, in a single hybrid C # // batch file, but I use VS, and in it I have the Intel Visual FORTRAN, but very little C # use. Give the reason for the question .. the other items I got very easily

Richard MacCutchan 3-Aug-20 16:57pm

Sorry, I do not understand. Your question is about adding resources when using the command line to build your C# program. Now you are talking about Fortran, which has nothing to do with your original question.

l o o l 3-Aug-20 18:06pm

I'm just saying that I am familiar with VS and FORTRAN, but very little use C#, hence the difficulty. All VS features and the most modern things, I have no proximity

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l o o l · Accepted Answer · 2023-08-25T11:00:00

Solution 3

That's what I was looking for, not relying on command line editing to add the relevant icon. Simple as the other customizable options:

using System;
using System.Reflection;

[assembly: System.Reflection.AssemblyIcon(@"D:\The\Full\Path\To\File.ico")]

namespace NameSpace

Posted 25-Aug-23 11:00am

l o o l

Updated 25-Aug-23 11:02am

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