An application icon can display in the File Explorer next to the application file name, and in the Pocket PC Switcher bar and Start menu.
The Switcher bar drop-down list on a Pocket PC displays the icons of active applications that are running in the background. If you specify an icon for an Application object, the icon you select displays in the Switcher bar drop-down list and in the row of icons under the Start menu that represent the most recently used applications.
The application icon must have a resolution appropriate to the device where you deploy it. Different platforms might require 16x16 pixel or 32x32 pixel icons with either a 4- or 8-bit color depth (16 or 256 colors). Some VGA screens require 48x48 pixel icons with 256 colors. To ensure that the icon you want is used for the deployed application, the icon file you select should include an image in each of the supported resolutions and color depths.
If you specify an icon in the PocketBuilder IDE rather than in script, the icon is automatically included in the application executable when you build and deploy the application project. In this case you do not need to list the icon in a PocketBuilder Resource (PKR) file.
Pocket PC devices can cache a copy of the application icon when you run a program. Therefore, if you are redeploying an application with a changed or modified application icon, a soft reset might be required on the Pocket PC device before the new icon is displayed.
To associate an icon with an application:
In the Properties view, click Additional Properties and select the Icon tab.
Specify a file containing an icon (an ICO file).
The button displays below the Browse button.
Click OK to associate the icon with the application.
