Icons are added as {{{icon_resources}}}	

{{{
setup(
    windows = [
        {
            "script": "with_gui.py",
            "icon_resources": [(1, "myicon.ico")]
        }
    ],
)
}}}

The same practice works as well for {{{console}}} and {{{windows}}} scripts.
The resource number does not seem to matter. Windows just takes the first existing icon.


/!\ if somebody knows how to add small and large icons, speak up...

Hm, doesn't the {{{.ico}}} file contain them?

does the resource number refers to the icon's index in the {{{.ico}}} file (if containing > 1 icons) ?

-- [[mailto:dswsh@plasa.com|dody wijaya]]


'''How to add small and large icons'''

You must create ico file with two icons in one.
Your icon file must contain small ico (size: 16*16 pixels) and large ico (size: 32*32 pixels). For WindowsXP you probably may create a big ico (48*48) - but it's only for XP.
Almost all popular icon editors can create complex icon with small and large part in one. For instance, [[http://www.x2studios.com/index.php?page=products&id=11|LiquidIcon]] is a freeware icon editor that lets you combine multiple ico files of different sizes and bit-depths into a single ico file. Also available is [[http://www.winterdrache.de/freeware/png2ico/|png2ico]], a GPL'ed command line-only {{{.ico}}} creator capable of generating icons with multiple sizes, bit depths, and transparency settings.

'''Important Note For Adding Multiple Icons On Systems Where This Method Is Not Working:''' After much research (blood, sweat, and tears), I have found [[http://stackoverflow.com/questions/525329/embedding-icon-in-exe-with-py2exe-visible-in-vista/6198910#6198910|why icons with multiple sizes sometimes do not work]]. The truth is, is that the order matters. When making the icon, add the larger icon sizes first, then the smaller ones. (e.g. `png2ico icon.ico icon_128x128.png icon_64x64.png icon_48x48.png icon_32x32.png icon_16x16.png`)

-- SunjayVarma <<DateTime(2011-08-05T21:54:36Z)>>


Now I've managed to give an icon to my program, but when the program starts, a standard Windows icon shows up in the window's title bar and in the task bar button (instead of my custom icon). Is there a way I can fix that myself, or is that a current limitation of py2exe?

As far as putting icons on your window itself (above is just for the file in explorer I think) it depends on the gui library you are using.
For wxWindows 2.4 it would be something like this where self is a wx.Frame derived class instance
Example: {{{
#!python
    _icon = wx.EmptyIcon()
    _icon.CopyFromBitmap(wx.Bitmap("MyIcon.ico", wx.BITMAP_TYPE_ANY))
    self.SetIcon(_icon)
}}}

The following also works, at least in wxPython 2.5.2.8 and other recent ones. {{{
#!python
    _icon = wx.Icon('MyIcon.ico', wx.BITMAP_TYPE_ICO)
    self.SetIcon(_icon)
}}}


This should allow the system to pick an appropriate icon. ( only tested with 2.5.3 ) {{{
#!python  
    ib=wx.IconBundle()
    ib.AddIconFromFile("MyIcon.ico",wx.BITMAP_TYPE_ANY)
    self.SetIcons(ib)
}}}

'''Simple icon embedding (full)'''

I have found that this works just fine with the latest python/py2exe install...{{{
from distutils.core import setup
import py2exe

setup(
    console = [
        {
            "script": "main.py",                    ### Main Python script    
            "icon_resources": [(0, "icon.ico")]     ### Icon to embed into the PE file.
        }
    ],
) }}}

as far as I can tell this works just fine. small/large icons are detectable in a resource editor like Xn  resource editor. 

-- Morgan Gangwere

'''How to access a Win32 .exe's or .dll's icons from wxPython 2.6.1.0'''
The following information was discovered by looking at gdiimage.cpp in the wxPython source.

Supposing your py2exe setup.py file had the following icons:

{{{
"icon_resources": [(1, "myicon1.ico"), (42, "myicon2.ico")]
}}}

To programmatically determine the path of the currently running .exe, use:

{{{
import win32api
exeName = win32api.GetModuleFileName(win32api.GetModuleHandle(None))
}}}

You can get the first icon (myicon1.ico) in the .exe with the following:

{{{
icon = wx.Icon(exeName, wx.BITMAP_TYPE_ICO)
}}}

You can also get the first icon (myicon1.ico) with a zero based index:

{{{
icon = wx.Icon(exeName + ";0", wx.BITMAP_TYPE_ICO)
}}}

Likewise, you can get the second icon (myicon2.ico) with:

{{{
icon = wx.Icon(exeName + ";1", wx.BITMAP_TYPE_ICO)
}}}

You can get an icon based on it's icon id, just specify the negated id number (myicon2.ico):

{{{
icon = wx.Icon(exeName + ";-42", wx.BITMAP_TYPE_ICO)
}}}

Because of the way it's implemented, you cannot specify ";-1", you will get incorrect operation or a crash.

If you wanted to set your window's title bar and task switch icons you would do the following in your wx.Frame _ _init_ _:

{{{
self.SetIcon(icon)
}}}

Here's an example program:

{{{
#!python
import wx, win32api

class MyFrame(wx.Frame):
    def __init__(self, parent=None):
        wx.Frame.__init__(self, parent, wx.ID_ANY)

        # set window icon
        exeName = win32api.GetModuleFileName(win32api.GetModuleHandle(None))
        icon = wx.Icon(exeName, wx.BITMAP_TYPE_ICO)
        self.SetIcon(icon)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    app = wx.App(redirect=False)
    frame = MyFrame()
    frame.Show(True)
    app.MainLoop()
}}}