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    ScottKrise
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    Hello,

    Im trying to make a few cosmetic changes to our system.

    1. On the top bar of the mainwindow, right above the menu, it shows a default windows icon next to our company name, and I want to put in a custom icon there. I went under QT and looked at the mainwindow.ui. I found an area called "windows icon", but changing this has no impact on the icon at the top of the screen. Am I in the right place?

    2. In other sofware I use, Im able to insert below the menu...in all the open area, an icon or something to give it a more professional look. Like a company logo, or something similar. Again, I can't find a way to do this either.

    A few suggestions to point me in the right direction would be much appreciated.

    Scott

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      SGaist
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      Hi,

      Qt Screen is pretty vague, what version of Qt are you using ? On what OS ?

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      Please read the Qt Code of Conduct - https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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        I was able to find documentation on the getting a custom Icon to appear. It was accomplished by creating a resource file and referencing in within my project using RC_FILE = myapp.rc. My myapp.rc contains a line like (IDI_ICON1 ICON DISCARDABLE "myappico.ico") which points to the icon I want to use. This is working, however...I am running into problems when I try to change the myappico.ico from one icon to another. Even after rebuilding my app and recreating the executable, the new icon does not appear. Any thoughts on what I might be doing wrong?

        Number 2 on my list above is still unresolved. I basically want to place a bitmap of a company logo it in the middle of the screen under my pull down menu to give it a more professional look. Im using windows 7 as my os and QT creator version 2.0.0.

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          Ok...I think I figured out the icon not updating when its changed. I've found that I must change the Rc file that points to the icon, then it seems to include it when I run qmake, and recompile.

          So number 2 is still my problem child.

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            Can you show an example of what number 2 looks like ?

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              ScottKrise
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              Not familar with this posting screen. How do I attach a bmp or jpg? I tried the picture button, but cant seem to see how to get to my file.

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                You have to have it somewhere online

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                  use imgur

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                    Ok. Try looking at http://scottkrise.imgur.com. This is my first time using imgur...so let me know if you need anything else. I could email it to you if this doesnt work.

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                      You can e.g. reimplement the paintEvent to draw your logo

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                        ScottKrise
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                        Where and how would this be accomplished? Would this be done within QT, or in CPP? Do you have an example?

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                          Have a look "here":http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5/qwidget.html#custom-widgets-and-painting

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