Cannot get an ico file from the web and use it as an image f

[mrcoollion]

I cannot get an ico file from the web and use it as an image for a button.
Tried everything i could think of and researched but i cannot get it working.
Code works fine with jpg files but not with an ico file.

I use the code below and I have also attached a test stack for those interested.

Any idea's ?

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on mouseUp
   --- reset all ---
   put empty into field "Result"
   set the text of img "WebSiteIcon" to empty
   set the icon of button "ShowIconOnButton" to 0
   --- end reset ---
   if the icon of button "ShowIconOnButton" is 0 then
      put field"TheWebsiteURL" into TheWebsiteURL
      if TheWebsiteURL is not empty then
         put  TheWebsiteURL & "/favicon.ico" into TheWebsiteIconURL // if you place /favicon.ico behind a site 9base) urel then you should get the site icon.
         --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         --import  from file TheWebsiteIconURL
         --put last  image  into  img "WebSiteIcon" 
         --DELETE last  image 
         --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         --put URL TheWebsiteIconURL into  img "WebSiteIcon" 
         --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         load URL TheWebsiteIconURL with message "FileIsDoneDownloading"
         --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         --set the filename of img "WebSiteIcon" to TheWebsiteIconURL
         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         if img "WebSiteIcon" is not empty then // because it does not work the image stay empty and therefor i need this.
            set the width of image  img "WebSiteIcon" to the width of button "ShowIconOnButton"
            set the height of image  img "WebSiteIcon" to the height of button "ShowIconOnButton"
            set the icon of button "ShowIconOnButton" to the id of img "WebSiteIcon" 
         end if
      end if
   end if
end mouseUp

on FileIsDoneDownloading pURL, pURLStatus
   if pURLStatus is "cached" then
      ## Revolution has cached URL content. Accessing the url uses the cache.
      set the text of img "WebSiteIcon" to URL pURL
      --put URL pURL into  img "WebSiteIcon" 
      ## Remove URL from cache if you are all done with it.
      unload url pURL
   else
      put libURLErrorData(pURL) into theError
      set the text of field "Result" to "An error occurred:" && theError & "."
   end if
end FileIsDoneDownloading

[Klaus]

Hi mrcocollion,

1. this line:

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...
set the icon of button "ShowIconOnButton" to 0
--- end reset ---

Makes the next line (and the whole IF END IF clause) completely obsolete!

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if the icon of button "ShowIconOnButton" is 0 then
...

2. Livecode does not support the image format ICO, although the term "button ICON" lets you think so!
That will explain this:

Code works fine with jpg files but not with an ico file.

And no, I don't have any idea how (or if at all) LC can convert ICO to any other supported image format.


Best

Klaus

[mrcoollion]

Thanks Klaus ,

I kept on trying anyway but did not succeed

It is a bummer that this is tot possible because especially for the internet it would be nice to get the ico images from a site to show these on an button or for other reasons.

Kind regards,

Paul

[FourthWorld]

I wish I had a couple hours to spare - looks like it wouldn't be too hard to parse out the BMP/PNG data from the ICO file:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICO_(file_format)

[Mark]

Hi,

A long time ago, we made an external for Windows to read ico files: http://www3.economy-x-talk.com/file.php ... g-external

We also have a library for Mac, which displays icns files. Our goal was to be able to display the icon of apps and files in LiveCode. We use it in Installer Maker.

Kind regards,

Mark

[mrcoollion]

Thanks for the information Mark,

Regards,

Paul

[FourthWorld]

I asked about image extraction from ICO files on the discussion list, and my friend Ken Ray sent me a stack to share here. When I asked him about license terms he wrote: "No licensing or terms - basically 'use for any purpose, anywhere'" - enjoy.

[richmond62]

GIMP can also extract ICO files and export them in many, many formats:

https://www.gimp.org/downloads/

[mrcoollion]

Thanks Richard (FourthWorld) and Ken

Great example stack.

regards,

Paul