How to add new toolbar icons?

to use custom icons with TB, you should define them in a file named batskin.xml available in the same folder as the main TB executable thebat.exe

I use this file myself to have a more clear icon for replied messages, because the default one is too hard to see. However I just use another existing overlay image, and not a completely new custom icon. To have completely new, trully custom icons, you'll have to modify the .png file that contains all the TB icons - not sure if it worths the effort. Anyway search ritlabs.com for 'batskin.xml', there was a file with instructions how to do all this, but unfortunately I don't keep it. Maybe some of the advanced users like Roelof can give another advice or a direct link to the zip with the neccessary files.

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John Campion Beginner Posts: 3 Points: 1 Rating: 0 Authority: 0 Joined: 29 June 2005	#1 0 28 December 2006 05:26:46 I'd like to make toolbar icons for color groups; I figured out how to do that, but the only images available to select from are the default icons. I would like to make my own toolbar icons to use. Any thoughts? John

bigg one Guru Posts: 612 Points: 550 Rating: 14 Authority: 14 Joined: 02 February 2005	#2 0 30 December 2006 22:00:42 to use custom icons with TB, you should define them in a file named batskin.xml available in the same folder as the main TB executable thebat.exe I use this file myself to have a more clear icon for replied messages, because the default one is too hard to see. However I just use another existing overlay image, and not a completely new custom icon. To have completely new, trully custom icons, you'll have to modify the .png file that contains all the TB icons - not sure if it worths the effort. Anyway search ritlabs.com for 'batskin.xml', there was a file with instructions how to do all this, but unfortunately I don't keep it. Maybe some of the advanced users like Roelof can give another advice or a direct link to the zip with the neccessary files.