File icon, and not actual image, as script icon

[Marco]

I have a script with this caption

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"1|<xypath>\..\Dexpot\Wallpaper 1.bmp"

and the resulting icon was the usual system .bmp icon. Then with the changes in

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v15.20.0202 - 2015-05-26 13:24
    + Scripting: Now you can also use image files of the following formats to 
      define the icons in multi-script menus:
        PNG, JPG, GIF, BMP, TIF
      XY variables and environment variables are supported. The path defaults to 
      the XY icon path <xyicons>.
      Example:
        "Katy|Katy.png"
          echo 'hello';
        "Betty|Betty.jpg"
          echo 'hello';
        "Thumbs Up|t-up.ico"
          echo 'hello';

I get the actual image as icon. Which is cool, but I'd rather get back to the plain old icon. So here's what I did, I changed the path to the icon file into

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%SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll / 66

Hope this helps people who want to get back to the old behaviour.

[SkyFrontier]

Thanks for the tip, Marco!
Was overlooking it as if it were a request...

[TheQwerty]

I think this should be easier to achieve.

Don, could you add special treatment for icons starting with * such that it makes use of CFI/shell icons?

Then using the icon for any specific extension could be done using *.ext (in Marco's example *.bmp).
This could also make use of the special CFI patterns:
*. = Files without an extension.
*? = Unknown file type.
*\ = Generic folder icon.
**\ = Generic folder icon in selected state.

This would make it much easier to use "generic" icons without having to ensure files actually exist - and it allows for the icons to change based on user/system configuration without modifying the script or icon files it references.

Even more fun... we can abuse this to manage script icons within CFI:

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"Script One|*.FAKE_EXT.itemOne" Echo 1;
"Script Two|*.FAKE_EXT.itemTwo" Echo 2;

CFI:

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+*.FAKE_EXT.itemOne><xy>
+*.FAKE_EXT.itemTwo><xy>

You can define CFIs that will likely never match anything, but when XY attempts to resolve the script's icons it should detect the match in CFI and use that.

[admin]

Easy, easy.

Next beta you can pass "*.bmp".

[TheQwerty]

This does not work in a fresh v15.70.0113 here.

Using the sample in the change log via Scripting > Run Script:

2015-09-10 140417.png

XYplorer: 15.70.0113 (Pro Edition - Lifetime License Pro)
Loaded in: 547 ms at 9/10/2015 2:02:18 PM
Uptime: 42 secs
Memory Usage: 31,524 KB, Virtual Memory Size: 15,716 KB

OS: Windows 7 Professional (Service Pack 1), 64-bit (6.1)
OS Uptime: 1 week, 2 days, 21 hrs, 28 mins, 35 secs
UTC Offset: --04:00
User Role: User
Themes: Yes (Aero) RealSystem32: Yes

System Locale ID: 1033 (en-US)
Thread Locale ID: 1033 (en-US)
Default ANSI Code Page: 1252 (ANSI - Latin I)
Active Code Page: 1252 (ANSI - Latin I)
DBCS Code Page: No

DblClick Time: 550 ms
Screen: 1920x1080, 2, Virtual: (0, 0) - (3200, 1080), Work: (0, 0) - (1920, 1040)
Screen DPI: 96 (100%), twx: 15, stretch: 1
Screen Color Depth: 32
UseDPIAwareIconSizes: No, Yes
Icon Size: small=16, large=32
Icon Size Recommended: small=16, large=32

[admin]

OH, damn. It was a coincidence that it worked here. I upload something better in some minutes...

[TheQwerty]

v15.70.0114 works, but only for registered extensions.
I sort of expected unregistered extensions to use the generic file icon - but maybe no icon is okay.

Hint: '*\' works for an open folder.

[binocular222]

Not work in PFA (anyway, not important).

[admin]

v15.70.0114 works, but only for registered extensions.
I sort of expected unregistered extensions to use the generic file icon - but maybe no icon is okay.

I think you are right. I change it. Also CFI was not yet in effect here.