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    Hi guys!

    I am facing a very strange problem with application icons.

    I am using Nokia N95 and emulator from S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1.

    I am trying to create application icon and other large icons for the application menu.

    However, the icons seem to be saw-edged no matter what size I choose.

    I have already tried 44*44, 52*52, 54*54, 64*64, 82*82 sizes but the icons still look ugly. A bulk of documentation did not result in any success. Have I missed something?

    I guess the icons are shrinked or enlarged and that couses the problem. But what is the correct size?

    Help guys!!! I have stuck with this problem.

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    you should use SVG images instead of bitmap based ones.

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    Thanks for reply.

    But what kind of tool should I use to produce SVG files?

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    Quote Originally Posted by samuel_ View Post
    Thanks for reply.

    But what kind of tool should I use to produce SVG files?
    check in wiki there are reference to tools that you can use.

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    Hi guys thank you for your ideas.
    I have one more question.
    I will find the way to create SVG files.
    But how should I import svg files into the project? Maybe just the same way as BMP files?
    Thanks in advance.

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    yes you can treat svg and bmp in same way

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    Thanks a lot.

    I will be posting updates on how I progress.

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    Hi guys,

    I have just got one svg icon. Now I am trying to put it instead of bmp files into START BITMAP structure.
    But the compiler raises an error. I may be doing something wrong.
    Any ideas hoew to place the icon into resource (mmp) file?

    Thanks in advance.

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    .svg-s are not supported inside the .mmp file.
    - you can convert them in a command line, with the mifconv.exe utility (if you search for icon in the Wiki, you will get some related articles like "How to define application icon", or "How to create application icon(SVG) in S60 3rd edition", this one is the better)
    - there is an automated (though more complex) way, via supplying an external makefile which can be referred from bld.inf - check the examples bundled with the SDK-s, even HelloWorldBasic shows this approach (Icons_scalable_dc.mk). It seems to be complex, but you do not have to learn it, just focus on the filenames (in the case of HelloWorldBasic: helloworldbasic_aif.mif and qgn_menu_helloworldbasic.svg)

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    Thanks a lot!!!
    It was of great help!

    I will be posting messages on my progress.

    Thanks one again.

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