[wxpython-users] [OT]: Manipulating Icons

[Andrea Gavana]

Hi All,

On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 11:36 PM, Jürgen Kareta wrote:
> Andrea Gavana schrieb:
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> >    sorry for the OT, this is probably a Windows/Python question
> > instead of a wxPython one, but I know that some of the regular posters
> > are Windows gurus and I'd like to ask for some advice.
> > In one of my applications, I store certain files (with the extension
> > .DATA) using a database, and I would like to change the icon of these
> > files in Windows Explorer (not the entire icon, I'd like just to add a
> > small image over the original Windows Explorer icon to signal that
> > this particular file is present in the database). The problem is,
> > there are many other DATA file which are not stored in the database
> > (because they are less relevant to our work) and I'd like to leave
> > those files icons untouched. Something akin what
> > TortoiseCVS/TortoiseSVN do: they add a small image over the original
> > file icon to signal if they are up-to-date, modified, etc...
> >
> > Does anyone know if this is possible and how?
> >
> > Thank you for your suggestions.
> >
> > Andrea.
> >
> > "Imagination Is The Only Weapon In The War Against Reality."
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> Hi Andrea,
>
> one solution had been discussed on the pywin32 Ml recently. Look at
> http://www.mail-archive.com/python-win32@python.org/msg03932.html
> unfortunal it doesn't work see:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/python-win32@python.org/msg03935.html
> Mark Hammond has announced a new release of pywin32 soon after his two weeks
> vacation and since he knows about the problem chances are really good that
> the new release solves the remaining problem.

Thanks to everybody for your suggestions. I am going to try Mike-s
suggestiosn although it looks like it might not work, as Jurgen
said... otherwise I will wait for a fix in win32all :-(

Thank you very much.

Andrea.

"Imagination Is The Only Weapon In The War Against Reality."
http://xoomer.alice.it/infinity77/