Plugin Create Utilities (painting)

Utilities that are useful when making paints on Plugins :).

"Extract Icon Tool" is very nice and quick when extracting .ico and .bmp files out of .exe, a free icon extractor utility.
"IcoFX" is wonderful with heavy muscle, extracting icons is only for its left hand small finger. ;)

FS Capture , take snapshot easly if you like to put gui to your Plugins (.jpg)

Additionally,  Zzoom and Xinec Color Converter, in case you need a Free Zoom and Free Color ID finder.

Latest Version available at Yomi server
http://theoven.org/index.php?topic=175.0
 

Related Topic:
Plugin Creator
http://theoven.org/index.php?topic=178.0

Some words about Plugin paints: (my preference)

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For Plugin logo I prefer 48x48 32bit ico where possible.
There are many utilities out there extracting .ico from .exe, but I prefer cutting specific size to get smaller sized file to refresh as fast as possible, ++ .ico keeps transparency.

For that task, "Extract Icon Tool" so far works best compared to many utilities I tested.
Only it has some (little) unconfortable save as folder box (selecting desktop is grrr)
Besides its other futures hits me from heart:
+ nice gui, selecting any specific icon easy
+ both export to bmp and export to ico exists for selected sized ico (and bmp works nicely)
+ do not support nt6x big icons, besides do not fails too 

"IcoFX" is so far the best editor I've ever seen :), full editorial power, extract a specific icon size to .bmp exists, but for .ico you need to follow copy-new-paste-save routine  or better way (suggested by IcoFX authoer) you can drag an image from the sidebar to the workspace of IcoFX and a new icon will automatically be created 
ps: I post to its forum asking for .ico filetype on its export feature.
http://icofx.ro/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=626

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For picture on buttons, I prefer 32x32 bmp OR 16x16 bmp (due to design), both "Extract Icon Tool" and "IcoFX" exports useful .bmp on Plugins.

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FS Capture,
our old loyal friend, I prefer using jpg on Plugins




More Words:
finding a nice small utility like "Extract Icon Tool" is not easy :)
I want to thank BlueLife, when I give up after testing lots of icon tools, he found that nice baby, and even he decide to use after today :).

Here only 2 of them that deserves to mention:
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nirsoft have iconsext.exe but do not have export specific sized icon to .bmp or .ico, only copy clipboard option exists. I recently emailed a suggestion to author...
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There is IconPack (Icon Lister) with source here
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/files/ExtractIcons.aspx
requires .netframework, and collapse with some .exe, still demonstrates what is required, as gui design looks like "Extract Icon Tool", which is to me best gui design for such utility.




If you have your favorite freeware ico utility, or anyother picture tool, let me know...

 

Hi Lancelot,

I'm trying Plugin_Creator_z50_Utils script, and I placed it in Utilities folder.  When I click on it I get the following error message and loading stops:

" is not a valid Boolean value.

I'm using Winbuilder 080 and GM.

Thats interesting, I'm also using IcoFX, Faststone Capture, and PhotoFiltre...   

Thanks,


 

Hi sLiM,

workarounded, at post 1  with 2 new mini utilities that are rarely required, both my favorites 

Working on it...

OK, Plugin_Creator_z50_Utils script is working well now. It also needed crtdll.dll to run, so I added to Plugin:

[Process]
Arch,x86
//--
Set,%PluginArch%,x86
Require_FileQ,CRTDLL.DLL
//--

 - Working -


Thanks,

Hi sLiM,

I do not think Plugin_Creator_z50_Utils Plugin requires above lines, since this is a Utils Plugin (L10 Plugin), to be used on hostos 

I may guess you are making another Plugin to one of paint utilities, where above lines required   

 

Lancelot,

I placed the updated Plugin in the Utils folder, then restart Winbuilder and click on the Plugin_Creator_z50_Utils Plugin to start it.  I no longer get the Boolean error but I do get a message requesting crtdll.dll if I click on Zzoom or Xinec ColorConvertor.  Extract Icon Tool, IcoFX and Faststone Capture don't produce the error.  After adding the dll to the process section of Plugin_Creator Plugin there's no more dll error from Zzoom or ColorConvertor and all five apps are working.      Any thoughts?   

Thanks,

Hi sLiM,

I do get a message requesting crtdll.dll if I click on Zzoom or Xinec ColorConvertor.

I do not think Plugin_Creator_z50_Utils Plugin requires above lines, since this is a Utils Plugin (L10 Plugin), to be used on hostos 

I may guess you are making another Plugin to one of paint utilities, where above lines required   

 

Plugin_Creator_z50_Utils Plugin, as being Utils Plugin (L10 Plugin) do not add anything to Gena build.

As I wrote before, you need above line on another Plugin (L5 Plugin) that is used to add these utilities to Gena etc. at build time.

Xinece ColorConverter Plugin and Zzoom_omiod Plugin already have crtdll.dll lines,
if you had made your custom Plugins for these 2 applications, than yes you need to add above crtdll.dll lines,
and we already have FastStoneCaptureFree53 Plugin inside Gena, which adds its dependencies...

Further check reply 5 here:
http://theoven.org/index.php?topic=178.msg3231#msg3231



As I wrote before, This is nothing to do with Plugin_Creator_z50_Utils Plugin, where only utilites run on your hostos via buttons   

Plugin Create Utilities v3 at post 1

Changes: only splitted